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 août 2026

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08/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 357

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:50:44

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof (1 shows)

5. John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
24	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
26	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
27	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
28	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
34	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
38	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
44	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
45	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
50	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
51	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
52	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
53	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
54	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
55	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2251	Acast	28
56	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
58	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
59	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
60	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
61	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
64	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
65	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
67	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
68	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
70	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
71	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
74	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
79	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
80	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
81	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
82	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
83	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	645	Megaphone	59
84	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	364	Podbean	42
86	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
87	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
90	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
91	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
92	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
93	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
94	مردم شناسی پزشکی	Medical Anthropology	Science	5	Acast	73
95	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
96	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
97	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
98	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
99	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
100	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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