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 Aug 2026

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08/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 270

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:46

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. محمد فاضلی (2 shows)

3. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

4. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

5. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	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	120	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
13	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
14	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
23	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
27	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
36	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
39	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
45	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
47	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
49	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
53	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
57	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
58	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
59	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
60	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Unknown	69
61	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
64	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
65	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
67	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
68	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
69	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
70	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
71	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
72	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
74	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
75	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
76	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
77	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	25	RSS.com	52
78	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
79	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
80	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
82	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
83	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
84	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
85	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
86	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
88	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
89	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
90	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
91	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
92	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
93	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
95	UFO to UAP Explained	Matt Tones	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
97	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
98	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
99	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
100	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53

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