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 03 Jun 2026

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06/03/2026

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Episodes: 343

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:53:16

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Jacob Martinez (1 shows)

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. Brad R. Fulton, PhD (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
13	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
21	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
33	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
36	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
37	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
38	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
40	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
46	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
51	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	19	Libsyn	62
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
53	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
54	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
55	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
60	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
62	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
64	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
65	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
66	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
68	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
69	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
70	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
71	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
73	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
75	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
76	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
77	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
78	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
81	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
82	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
83	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
84	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
85	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
86	Radio Ecozoic	Radio Ecozoic	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	Walk With Me	Giovanni Dejesus	Social Sciences	3	N/A	N/A
88	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
90	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Standing Up Strong	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	8	Buzzsprout	73
92	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
93	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	63	Unknown	43
94	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
96	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
97	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
100	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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