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 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 255

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

3. 8th Kind (1 shows)

4. SAPIENS (1 shows)

5. Patricia Martin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
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	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
33	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
46	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
47	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
48	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
50	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
51	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
52	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
53	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
54	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
55	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
56	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
59	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
60	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
61	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
62	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
64	UFO to UAP Explained	Matt Tones	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	58
65	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
67	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
68	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
73	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	613	Spreaker	33
74	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
75	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
76	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
79	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
82	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
83	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1594	Libsyn	57
84	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
85	Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action	Dr. Joyee Washington	Science	94	Spotify for Podcasters	62
86	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
87	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
88	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
89	Within & Between	Within&Between Podcast	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
92	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
93	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
94	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
95	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
97	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
98	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
99	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
100	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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