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 Feb 2026

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02/11/2026

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Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:50:35

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

4. Social-Engineer, LLC (1 shows)

5. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	507	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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	63	Buzzsprout	52
33	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
34	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
45	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
48	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
49	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
51	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
52	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
53	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
54	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
55	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
56	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
57	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
58	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
59	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
60	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
62	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
63	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
65	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
66	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
69	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
70	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
71	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
72	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
73	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
74	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
75	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
77	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
78	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
79	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
80	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
82	Exploring Central European History: A Wirth Institute Podcast with Joseph F. Patrouch	Wirth Institute	Science	6	Buzzsprout	27
83	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
84	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
86	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
87	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
91	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
92	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
93	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
94	POP: Public Opinion Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	American Association for Public Opinion Research	Science	11	Libsyn	62
95	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
96	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
97	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
98	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
100	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78

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