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 août 2026

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08/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 390

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Converging Dialogues (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
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	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
9	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
21	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
36	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
41	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
42	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
46	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
48	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
56	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	364	Podbean	42
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
60	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
61	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
66	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
67	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
70	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
71	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
74	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
76	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
80	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
81	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
82	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
83	The Soulcial Werk Podcast	Aisia and Mel	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	31
84	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
85	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
86	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
87	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
88	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
89	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
91	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
92	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
93	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
94	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
96	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
97	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
98	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
99	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
100	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42

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