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 06 May 2026

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05/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:29

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. CentralReach (2 shows)

3. ArchPodNet (1 shows)

4. King's College Cambridge (1 shows)

5. Charles Liao (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	DefusedNews	Anthony Rispo and Dane Madore	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
37	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
38	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
39	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
40	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	106	Spreaker	38
43	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
44	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Feminist Economics Podcast	The Feminist Economics Podcast	Science	3	Captivate	62
51	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
52	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
53	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
54	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
55	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	221	Spreaker	53
56	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
57	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
58	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
61	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
62	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
64	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
65	Site Bites	ArchPodNet	Science	7	Zencastr	58
66	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
67	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
68	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
69	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
70	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
71	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
72	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
74	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
75	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
76	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
80	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
82	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
83	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Háblame de Ciencia	Universidad de Guadalajara	Science	102	Audioboom	58
85	The Behavioral View	CentralReach	Science	67	Libsyn	63
86	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
87	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
88	African Cities	African Cities Research Consortium	Science	34	Buzzsprout	68
89	Trauma Is Real	Sarah Buffie	Science	20	Squarespace	58
90	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
91	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
92	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
93	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
96	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
97	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
99	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
100	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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