Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Social Sciences

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 02 Nov 2026

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11/02/2026

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Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Policy Press (1 shows)

4. Emotional Abuse (1 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
5	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
6	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
12	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
21	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
27	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
34	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
37	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2311	Acast	28
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
40	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
41	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
42	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
54	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
55	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	127	Buzzsprout	48
56	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
57	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	430	Audioboom	38
58	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	47
59	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
61	Scott Carney Investigates	unknown_author	Science	104	Megaphone	27
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
63	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
64	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
65	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
66	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	89	Libsyn	48
69	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	76	Libsyn	58
71	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
72	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
73	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
76	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
77	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
78	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
79	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
81	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
82	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
83	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
84	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
85	Emotional Abuse	Emotional Abuse	Science	6	Audioboom	58
86	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
87	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
88	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
89	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
91	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
93	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
94	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
96	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
97	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	6	Buzzsprout	31
98	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
100	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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