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 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:07

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. fertr (1 shows)

4. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

5. VoxTalks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1345	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	521	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
30	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
31	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
32	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
40	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	A (slightly) Better Tomorrow	kire (githugs)	Science	5	Unknown	58
44	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
51	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	85	Libsyn	48
53	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
54	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	629	Spreaker	53
55	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
56	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
58	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
59	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
60	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	106	Spreaker	38
63	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
64	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
65	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
67	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
68	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
69	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
70	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
71	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
73	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
74	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
75	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
79	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
81	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
82	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
83	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
84	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
86	不太保险	德福&汤圆	Science	122	Unknown	48
87	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
88	Not My Type Enneagram	Jack Houser	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
90	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
91	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
93	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
94	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
95	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
96	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2278	Acast	28
97	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
98	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
99	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
100	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57

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