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 04 janv. 2026

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01/04/2026

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Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:51:37

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. Dan Banik (1 shows)

4. hotaudiobook.com (1 shows)

5. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	1336	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
16	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	244	Megaphone	38
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
34	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
35	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
36	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
37	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
45	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
50	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
51	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
57	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
58	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
59	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
60	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
61	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
66	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
67	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
68	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
69	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
71	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
72	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
73	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
74	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
75	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
76	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
77	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
83	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
84	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
85	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
86	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
87	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
89	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
90	In Other Words	Tyler Smith	Science	7	Buzzsprout	63
91	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
92	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
93	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
94	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
95	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
98	PharmEthics	PharmEthics	Science	1	Podbean	48
99	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
100	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68

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