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 05 May 2026

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05/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:53:20

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Audiocrafty (1 shows)

3. Cryptic Chronicles (1 shows)

4. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

5. Matt Sedlar (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
5	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
10	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	DefusedNews	Anthony Rispo and Dane Madore	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
37	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
38	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	Feminist Economics Podcast	The Feminist Economics Podcast	Science	3	Captivate	62
41	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
44	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
46	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
52	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	235	Spreaker	53
53	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
59	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
61	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
62	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
64	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
65	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
66	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
67	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
68	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
71	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
72	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
73	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
74	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
76	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
77	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
78	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
79	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
80	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
81	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
82	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
84	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
85	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
86	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
87	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
88	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
91	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
93	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
94	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
95	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
96	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
97	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
98	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
99	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
100	NACSW Podcasts	North American Association of Christians in Social Work	Science & Medicine	24	Feedburner	53

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