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 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

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Episodes: 249

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Brad R. Fulton, PhD (1 shows)

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

5. Ashley Hamer Pritchard (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 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	1346	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	522	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
6	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
18	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
19	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	303	Libsyn	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
30	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
32	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
33	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
37	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
39	A (slightly) Better Tomorrow	kire (githugs)	Science	5	Unknown	58
40	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
43	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
44	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
45	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	107	Spreaker	38
47	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
48	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
50	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	629	Spreaker	53
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
53	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
56	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
57	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
58	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
59	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	608	Spreaker	33
63	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
64	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
67	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
68	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
69	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
71	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
72	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
73	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
74	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
75	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
76	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
77	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
78	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
79	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
81	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2280	Acast	28
82	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
83	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	85	Libsyn	48
85	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	66	Podbean	31
86	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
87	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
88	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	596	Simplecast	53
89	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	43	Podigee	79
92	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
93	Latin American Perspectives	Alexander Scott	Science	33	Libsyn	48
94	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
95	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
97	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
98	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
99	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
100	Ceteris Never Paribus: The History of Economic Thought Podcast	Ceteris Never Paribus	Science	52	Blubrry Podcasting	42

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