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 Jul 2026

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07/05/2026

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Episodes: 283

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:10

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

4. Grey Dynamics (1 shows)

5. The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
19	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
31	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
40	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
41	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
44	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
49	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
50	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
51	A Resilient Republic	Ben Klutsey	Science	3	Substack	59
52	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
53	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
54	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
56	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
57	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
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	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
61	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
62	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
63	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
64	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
66	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
68	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
69	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
70	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
71	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
72	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
74	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
77	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
78	Standing Up Strong	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	8	Buzzsprout	73
79	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
80	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
81	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
82	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
83	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
84	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
85	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
88	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
89	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	595	Simplecast	53
90	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
91	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
93	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
95	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	25	RSS.com	52
96	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	621	Spreaker	59
98	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
99	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
100	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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