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 08 Mar 2026

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03/08/2026

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Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:52:21

Top 5 authors

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

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. International Security (1 shows)

4. Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker (1 shows)

5. Reverse PsychCast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	712	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1118	Audioboom	48
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	941	Megaphone	63
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
30	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
31	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
35	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
46	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
49	Creating the Future	Hildy Gottlieb	Science	21	RSS.com	73
50	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
51	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
54	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
55	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
59	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
60	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	20	Libsyn	57
61	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
63	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
64	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
65	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
69	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
70	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
72	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
73	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
74	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
75	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2259	Acast	28
76	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
77	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
79	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
80	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
81	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
82	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
83	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
84	AfterMASH	AfterMASH Podcast	Science	3	Substack	84
85	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
86	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
87	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
88	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
89	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
90	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
91	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
92	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
93	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
94	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
95	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
97	The Method to Our Madness	staceymerola	Science	21	Podbean	42
98	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
99	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
100	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42

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