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 sept. 2026

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09/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (4 shows)

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

4. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

5. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	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	352	PRX	53
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
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	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
30	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
31	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
34	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
39	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
40	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
41	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
42	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
43	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
44	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
45	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
46	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
54	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
55	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
56	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
57	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
58	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
60	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	95	RedCircle	49
61	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
62	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
64	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
67	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
68	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	97	Unknown	58
69	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
71	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
72	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
73	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
74	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
75	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
76	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
78	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	364	Podbean	42
79	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
81	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
82	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
83	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
84	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
85	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
86	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
87	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
88	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
89	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
92	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
94	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
95	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1237	Megaphone	59
96	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
97	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
98	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63

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