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 Jul 2026

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07/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 267

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:09

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

4. Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant (1 shows)

5. Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D. (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
18	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
21	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
34	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
37	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
39	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
45	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
46	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
48	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
53	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
54	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
55	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
56	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
57	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
58	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
59	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
60	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
62	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
63	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
64	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
65	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
66	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
68	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
69	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
70	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
71	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
72	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
73	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
74	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	595	Simplecast	53
75	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
76	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
77	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
78	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
79	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
80	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
81	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
82	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
83	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
84	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Secret Life of Death Podcast	Gail Golec	Science	28	Squarespace	68
86	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
87	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
88	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
89	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
92	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
93	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
94	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
96	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
98	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
99	Kontrapovijest	Hrvoje Klasić	Science	60	Transistor	53
100	Standing Up Strong	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	8	Buzzsprout	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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