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 Nov 2026

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11/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:52:29

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

4. John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro (1 shows)

5. Owen Fitzpatrick (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
9	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
17	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
18	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
19	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
20	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
25	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
26	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	369	Podbean	42
27	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
28	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
29	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	407	Spotify for Podcasters	22
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
38	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
40	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2312	Acast	28
41	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
42	日本故事	杨术脱口秀	Science & Medicine	413	Ximalaya	43
43	Dreaming with Dr. Michael Lennox	Michael Lennox	Science	2	Libsyn	42
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
47	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
49	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
50	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
53	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	47
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
58	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
59	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
60	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	61	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	615	Spreaker	33
62	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	98	Podbean	47
63	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
64	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
65	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
66	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	83	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
69	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
70	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
71	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
72	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
73	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	151	Substack	43
74	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	Scott Carney Investigates	unknown_author	Science	104	Megaphone	27
77	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
78	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
79	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	305	Podbean	52
82	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
83	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	LangTime Chat	Jessie and David Peterson	Science	67	Unknown	52
85	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
86	Wide Atlantic Weird	Cian	Science	151	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	73	Libsyn	58
88	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	631	Spreaker	59
90	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
91	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
92	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
93	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
94	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
95	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	76	Libsyn	58
96	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	173	Libsyn	58
97	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	172	Buzzsprout	58
98	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	177	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	600	Simplecast	53
100	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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