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 Nov 2026

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11/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:56

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Farzad Fakhrizadeh (1 shows)

4. A Sociology Experiment (1 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
6	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
20	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
26	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Dreaming with Dr. Michael Lennox	Michael Lennox	Science	2	Libsyn	42
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
31	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
35	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
36	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
39	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
40	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
43	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
45	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
46	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2311	Acast	28
48	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
51	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
52	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
53	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
54	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
55	Moral Matters: Conversations with Sociologists on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity	ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
57	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
58	WORK! Exploring the future of work, labor and employment.	Cornell ILR School	Science	19	Buzzsprout	52
59	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
60	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
61	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
62	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
63	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
64	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	47
66	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
67	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
68	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
69	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	76	Libsyn	58
70	The ADHD Reframed Project Podcast	Emma Craven \| Late Diagnosed ADHD Woman and Neuro Inclusion Advocate	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	62
71	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	28	Acast	83
72	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
73	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
74	Save the World with Jay Friedenberg	Jay Friedenberg	Science	9	Buzzsprout	58
75	Emotional Abuse	Emotional Abuse	Science	6	Audioboom	58
76	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
77	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
78	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
79	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
80	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
82	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
83	On Wisdom	Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann	Science	73	Fireside	84
84	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
85	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
86	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
87	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	196	Fireside	59
88	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
89	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
90	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
91	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	172	Buzzsprout	58
92	Thresholds of Consciousness: Mind, Mysticism & Culture	Dr. Scott Menasco	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	27
93	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
94	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	89	Libsyn	48
95	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
96	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
97	Rural Health Leadership Radio™	Dr. Bill Auxier	Science	94	Libsyn	58
98	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
99	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
100	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63

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