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 Mar 2026

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03/10/2026

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Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:52:10

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Multiverse 5D Network (1 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

5. Kate Shannon (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
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	33	Libsyn	53
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
15	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
29	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
34	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
35	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
39	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
40	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
41	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
44	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
45	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
46	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	24	RSS.com	52
47	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
48	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
51	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
52	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
53	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
54	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
55	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
56	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
57	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
58	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
60	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
63	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
64	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
65	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
66	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
67	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
68	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Creating the Future	Hildy Gottlieb	Science	21	RSS.com	73
71	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
72	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
73	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
74	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
75	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
77	Multiverse 5D Podcast \| Spirituality, Metaphysics, Multiverse and Ancient Secrets	Multiverse 5D Network	Religion & Spirituality	999	Podbean	27
78	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	122	Blubrry	38
80	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	20	Libsyn	57
81	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
82	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
83	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
84	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
85	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
86	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
89	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
90	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
91	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
92	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
93	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
94	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
95	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	1202 - The Human Factors Podcast	Barry Kirby C.ErgHF FCIEHF	Science	94	Blubrry Podcasting	52
97	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
98	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
99	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
100	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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