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 10 Jan 2026

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01/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:51:42

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

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

5. APsA American Psychoanalytic Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
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	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
15	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
39	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
40	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	60 Mindful Minutes	Kristen Manieri	Science	301	Libsyn	83
46	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
47	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
54	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
55	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
56	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
57	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
58	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
59	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
60	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
61	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
62	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
63	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
64	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
65	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
66	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
67	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
68	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
69	a scope ~リベラルアーツで世界を視る目が変わる~	NewsPicks	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	43
70	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
71	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
72	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
73	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
74	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
76	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
77	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
78	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
79	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
80	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
81	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
82	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
83	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
84	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
85	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
86	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	57	Ximalaya	53
87	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
88	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
91	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
93	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
94	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
96	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
97	Drug Cultures	Unquantifiable Creations	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
99	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79

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