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 Jul 2026

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07/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:13

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

3. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

4. Dahlitz Media (1 shows)

5. Grey Dynamics (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
24	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
34	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
38	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
44	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
46	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
48	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
49	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
50	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
54	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
55	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
57	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
58	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
59	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
60	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
61	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
63	A Resilient Republic	Ben Klutsey	Science	3	Substack	59
64	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
65	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
66	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
67	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
69	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
70	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
71	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
72	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
73	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
74	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
75	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
76	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
77	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
82	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
83	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
84	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
85	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
86	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
87	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
88	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
92	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
94	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
97	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
98	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
100	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63

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