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 May 2026

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05/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:50:09

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA (1 shows)

4. Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof (1 shows)

5. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	552	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
15	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
19	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
23	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
26	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
30	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
40	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
41	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
45	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
52	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
53	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
55	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
56	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
57	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
58	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
62	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	350	Audioboom	52
63	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
65	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	134	Buzzsprout	79
66	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
67	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
69	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
70	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
71	Война и мы	PS Lab - Лаборатория публичной социологии	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	52
72	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
73	Mysterious Universe Details temporarily unavailable	KJH	Science	26	Spreaker	73
74	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
75	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
77	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
78	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
79	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
83	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
84	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
85	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
86	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
87	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
88	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
89	DefusedNews	Anthony Rispo and Dane Madore	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
91	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
94	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
95	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
96	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	182	Simplecast	73
98	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
99	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
100	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	113	Buzzsprout	48

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