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 11 Jan 2026

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01/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 297

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:52:03

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. The British Psychological Society Research Digest (1 shows)

5. John Greenewald, Jr. (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
14	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	255	Megaphone	38
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
23	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
34	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
37	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
38	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
47	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
48	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
49	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
51	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
52	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
53	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
54	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
55	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
56	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
58	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
59	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2273	Acast	28
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
65	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
66	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
67	60 Mindful Minutes	Kristen Manieri	Science	301	Libsyn	78
68	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
69	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
70	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
71	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
72	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
73	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
74	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
75	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	57	Ximalaya	53
77	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
78	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
79	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
80	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	37	Buzzsprout	32
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
82	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
83	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
84	Great Talks at American Philosophical Society	American Philosophical Society	Science	9	Simplecast	58
85	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
86	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
87	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
88	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
89	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
90	Multiverse 5D Podcast \| Spirituality, Metaphysics, Multiverse and Ancient Secrets	Multiverse 5D Network	Religion & Spirituality	999	Podbean	27
91	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
92	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
93	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
96	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
98	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
99	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
100	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68

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