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 09 Sep 2026

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09/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:50:48

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

4. PerianBMS (1 shows)

5. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (11 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	549	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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	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	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
16	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
24	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
26	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
40	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
41	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	101	RedCircle	49
42	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
43	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
48	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
51	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
53	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
54	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
57	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
59	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
61	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
64	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
65	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
66	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
69	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
70	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
71	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
74	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
76	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	116	Spreaker	38
77	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
78	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
79	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
80	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
81	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
82	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
83	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
84	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
85	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
86	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
88	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
89	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
90	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
91	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
92	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
93	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
94	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
95	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	17
96	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
97	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
99	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
100	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58

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