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 Aug 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:50:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. محمد فاضلی (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (14 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
19	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
23	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
24	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
27	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
36	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
43	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
44	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
51	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
54	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
60	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
61	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
62	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
63	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
64	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
65	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
66	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
68	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
69	Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action	Dr. Joyee Washington	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	62
70	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2251	Acast	28
71	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
72	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
73	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
74	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
77	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
78	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
79	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
80	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
81	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
82	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
85	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
86	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
87	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
88	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
89	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
90	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
91	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
93	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
96	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
97	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	364	Podbean	42
99	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
100	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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