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 août 2026

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08/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

5. Money & Macro Talks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
6	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
21	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
22	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
31	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
35	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
36	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
42	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
43	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
47	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
48	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
49	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
50	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2251	Acast	28
52	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
53	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
54	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
55	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
56	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
58	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
59	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
60	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
62	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
63	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
66	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
67	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
68	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
70	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
71	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
72	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
74	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
77	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
79	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
80	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
81	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
82	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
83	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	46	Blubrry	38
84	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
85	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
86	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
87	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
88	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	122	Acast	69
89	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
91	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
93	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
94	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
95	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
96	UFO to UAP Explained	Matt Tones	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
98	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
99	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
100	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52

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