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 Apr 2026

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04/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:55:55

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Kelly Chase (2 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
6	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
27	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
28	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
40	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
45	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
52	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
53	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
54	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
55	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
56	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
58	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
59	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
60	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	199	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
62	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
64	Common Concerns	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	9	podcaster.de	59
65	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
66	The Rabbit Hole Conversations	Kelly Chase	Science	4	Spreaker	79
67	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
69	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
70	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
74	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
75	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
76	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
77	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
78	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
79	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
81	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
83	Standing Up Strong	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	8	Buzzsprout	73
84	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
85	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
86	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
87	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
89	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
91	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
93	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
94	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
95	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
96	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
97	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
99	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
100	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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