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 août 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 303

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:30

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor (1 shows)

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. Circle Of Insight Productions (1 shows)

5. Jason Carpenter (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	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	Captivate	48
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
16	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	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	323	Unknown	48
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	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	168	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	134	Megaphone	48
33	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	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	198	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	17	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	30	Blubrry	59
47	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
48	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
49	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
50	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
51	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
52	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
53	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
54	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
55	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
56	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
58	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
59	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	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	120	Buzzsprout	48
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	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
66	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
67	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
68	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
73	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
74	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
75	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
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	1054	Megaphone	63
80	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
81	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
82	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
83	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	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	93	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	422	Audioboom	38
88	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	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	336	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	88	Podetize	63
94	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	95	Acast	69
95	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
97	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
98	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
99	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
100	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49

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