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 Jun 2026

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06/05/2026

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Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:54:18

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

5. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
14	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
21	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
31	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
32	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
33	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
36	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
37	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	116	Spreaker	38
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
42	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
43	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
46	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
47	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
48	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
49	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
50	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
59	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
60	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
61	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
62	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
64	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
65	Walk With Me	Giovanni Dejesus	Social Sciences	3	N/A	N/A
66	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
67	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
68	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
70	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
71	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
72	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
75	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
76	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
77	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
78	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
79	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
80	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
81	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
82	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
83	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
84	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
85	Talking Ties: The Science of Social Networks	communicationssns	Science	12	Podbean	47
86	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
87	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
88	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	90	Libsyn	38
89	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
90	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
91	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
92	Mysterious Universe Details temporarily unavailable	KJH	Science	26	Spreaker	73
93	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
94	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
95	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
96	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
97	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
98	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
99	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
100	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48

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