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 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

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Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:15

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

5. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (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	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
6	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
19	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	kikapekiskwewin	Dr Josie Auger	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
31	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	5	Buzzsprout	31
32	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	65	Spotify for Podcasters	47
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
38	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
40	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
41	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	344	Audioboom	52
44	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
47	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
48	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	109	Spreaker	38
49	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
50	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
52	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
53	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
54	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
55	A (slightly) Better Tomorrow	kire (githugs)	Science	5	Unknown	58
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
58	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
61	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
62	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
63	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
64	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	124	Buzzsprout	48
65	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
66	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
67	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
69	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
70	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
71	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
72	Psych With Mike	Dr. Michael E. Mahon	Science	100	Libsyn	38
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
74	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
75	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	630	Spreaker	53
77	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
78	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
79	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
80	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
81	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
82	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	367	Podbean	42
83	Cognitive Revolution and the Age of AI	jiajiezhang	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
85	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	The Beverage Report Podcast	LSE Department of Economics	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	17
89	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
90	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
91	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	171	Libsyn	58
93	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	610	Spreaker	33
94	Plasticity Means Possibility: Developing Policy for Developing Brains	UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent	Science	2	Libsyn	32
95	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	339	Buzzsprout	63
96	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	86	Libsyn	48
97	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
98	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
99	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
100	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89

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