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 Sep 2026

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09/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:07

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

4. VoxDev.org (1 shows)

5. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
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	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
31	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
32	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
35	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
37	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
39	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
43	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
47	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
48	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
49	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
54	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
55	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
56	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
58	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
59	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
60	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
61	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
63	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
64	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
65	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
66	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
68	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
69	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
70	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
75	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
77	The Tempest Universe Podcast	Manny Sifonte	Science	300	Libsyn	48
78	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	115	Spreaker	38
80	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
81	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
82	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
83	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
84	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
85	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	612	Spreaker	33
86	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
87	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	348	Audioboom	52
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
90	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
91	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
92	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
93	Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action	Dr. Joyee Washington	Science	94	Spotify for Podcasters	62
94	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
95	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	599	Simplecast	53
96	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
98	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
99	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
100	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69

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