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 Nov 2026

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11/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:49:04

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

4. Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1 shows)

5. The British Psychological Society Research Digest (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
17	Dreaming with Dr. Michael Lennox	Michael Lennox	Science	2	Libsyn	42
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
20	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
21	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
27	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	Reclaiming The Record	Kristina Miller	Science	1	Substack	53
32	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
33	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
36	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
37	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
40	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
41	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
45	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
47	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
49	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	127	Buzzsprout	48
50	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
51	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
52	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	47
53	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
54	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
55	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
56	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
57	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
58	WORK! Exploring the future of work, labor and employment.	Cornell ILR School	Science	19	Buzzsprout	52
59	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
61	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	182	Simplecast	73
62	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	90	Libsyn	48
63	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Goddesses of Social Work Podcast	Renita Ray Davis, LICSW-S, PIP	Science	112	RSS.com	51
65	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
66	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
67	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
68	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
70	Save the World with Jay Friedenberg	Jay Friedenberg	Science	9	Buzzsprout	58
71	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
72	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	430	Audioboom	38
74	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
75	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	Daniel T. Bourne	Daniel Bourne	Science	84	RSS.com	52
77	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2312	Acast	28
78	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
81	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
82	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
83	日本故事	杨术脱口秀	Science & Medicine	413	Ximalaya	43
84	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
85	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
86	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Bridging the Gap: Implementation Science in Action	National Implementation Research Network	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Moral Matters: Conversations with Sociologists on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity	ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	42
90	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
91	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
92	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	47	Podigee	79
93	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	177	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	96	Unknown	52
95	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
96	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
97	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
98	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.	Natural Encounters, Inc.	Science	291	Spotify for Podcasters	17

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