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 Apr 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:53:05

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan (1 shows)

4. Dr. Colby Taylor (1 shows)

5. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	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	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
34	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
36	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
39	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
44	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
45	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
46	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
47	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
51	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
52	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
53	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
54	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
55	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
56	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
58	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
59	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
62	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
63	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
64	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
65	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
66	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
68	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
69	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
70	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
71	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
75	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
76	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
79	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
80	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
82	Give Methods A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	33	Unknown	38
83	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
84	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
86	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
87	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
88	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
89	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
91	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
92	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	15	Substack	79
93	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
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 Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
96	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
97	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
98	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
99	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	PitchSuccess Podcast	The Human Edge: The unique skills that matter for the AI-enabled future	Science	7	Substack	53

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