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 May 2026

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05/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:50:58

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

5. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (13 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
6	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
23	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
26	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
27	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
32	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
36	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
37	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
52	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
53	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
54	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
55	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
56	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
57	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
60	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
61	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
62	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
64	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
66	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
67	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
68	DefusedNews	Anthony Rispo and Dane Madore	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
70	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
71	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
72	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
73	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
74	Tracing the Roots of the Climate Crisis	Ben Cushing	Science	6	Podbean	48
75	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
76	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
77	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
78	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
79	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
80	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
81	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
82	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
83	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
84	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
85	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
86	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
87	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
88	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
89	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
90	Mysterious Universe Details temporarily unavailable	KJH	Science	26	Spreaker	73
92	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
93	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
95	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
96	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
97	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
98	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
99	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
100	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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