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 Aug 2026

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08/06/2026

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Episodes: 278

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:14

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

4. Jason Carpenter (1 shows)

5. Alfie Kohn (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
28	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
29	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
33	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
34	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
37	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
40	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
41	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
46	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
48	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
49	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
53	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
55	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
56	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
57	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
58	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
59	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
60	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
61	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
63	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
65	Logically Answered	Logically Answered	Science	311	Megaphone	53
66	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
67	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
68	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
70	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
71	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
72	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
73	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
75	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
77	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
78	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
79	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
80	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
82	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
83	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
84	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
86	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
88	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
89	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
90	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
93	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
94	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
95	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
96	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
97	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
98	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
99	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
100	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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