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 07 Feb 2026

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02/07/2026

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Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:53:31

Top 5 authors

1. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

5. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
18	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
45	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
46	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
49	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
50	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
51	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Standing Up Strong	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	8	Buzzsprout	73
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
56	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
57	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
58	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
59	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
60	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
61	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
62	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
64	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
65	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
67	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
68	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
69	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
70	Bridging the Gap: Implementation Science in Action	National Implementation Research Network	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
72	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
73	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
74	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
75	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
76	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
77	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
78	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
79	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
80	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
81	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
82	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Power In Excellence	Dr John	Science	15	Buzzsprout	63
84	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
85	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
86	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
87	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
88	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
90	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
91	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
92	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
93	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
95	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
97	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
98	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
99	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
100	不太保险	德福&汤圆	Science	122	Unknown	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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