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 May 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 294

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:52:41

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Study Notes ABA, LLC (1 shows)

4. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

5. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
24	DefusedNews	Anthony Rispo and Dane Madore	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
29	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
33	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
45	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
49	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
50	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
52	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
53	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
55	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
58	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
59	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
60	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
63	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
65	Feminist Economics Podcast	The Feminist Economics Podcast	Science	3	Captivate	62
66	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
67	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
68	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
69	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
70	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
72	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
73	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
74	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
76	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
77	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
80	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
81	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
82	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
84	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
88	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	Dr. thOTs	Dr. thOTs	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	58
90	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
91	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
92	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
93	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
94	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
95	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
96	The ScienceForWork Podcast	ScienceForWork	Science	49	Spotify for Podcasters	37
97	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
98	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
100	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57

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