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 Jul 2026

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07/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:11

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Ben Klutsey (1 shows)

4. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
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	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
21	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
39	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
46	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
49	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
50	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
51	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
52	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
55	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
56	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
57	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
59	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
60	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
61	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
62	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
63	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
64	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
65	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
66	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
69	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
70	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
72	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
73	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
74	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
75	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	72	Podbean	48
79	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
81	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
83	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
84	Outsider / Insider	MIT Sloan	Science	8	RSS.com	73
85	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
86	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
87	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
88	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
89	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
90	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
91	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
92	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
93	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
94	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
95	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
96	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
97	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
98	A Resilient Republic	Ben Klutsey	Science	3	Substack	59
99	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
100	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48

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