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 Jun 2026

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06/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:54:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. International Psychoanalytical Association (1 shows)

4. Converging Dialogues (1 shows)

5. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
19	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
20	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
21	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
44	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
46	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
49	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
50	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
51	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
54	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
56	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	96	Libsyn	43
57	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
58	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
59	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
60	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
63	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
64	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
65	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
66	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
67	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
68	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
69	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
73	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
74	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
75	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
76	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
78	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
80	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
82	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	19	Libsyn	62
83	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
85	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
86	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
88	Walk With Me	Giovanni Dejesus	Social Sciences	3	N/A	N/A
89	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Psychology - Video Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Paul Bloom	Social Sciences	20	N/A	N/A
91	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
92	Scholarly Grounds	Lori Clune	Social Sciences	2	N/A	N/A
93	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
94	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
95	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
96	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
97	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
98	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
99	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
100	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68

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