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 sept. 2026

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09/11/2026

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Episodes: 271

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:14

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company (1 shows)

4. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

5. Mike Pullmann (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	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	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
15	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
25	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
31	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
35	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
36	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
37	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
39	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	95	RedCircle	49
43	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
44	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
45	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
47	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
49	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
51	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
52	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
53	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
54	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
55	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
57	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
58	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
61	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
62	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
63	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
64	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
65	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
67	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
68	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
69	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
70	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
71	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	122	Acast	69
72	The Behavior Trap	Alan Lowe	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
74	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
75	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
76	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
77	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
79	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
81	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
82	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
83	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
84	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
85	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
86	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
89	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	798	Megaphone	53
91	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
92	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Solaris	Podium Podcast	Science	22	Omny Studio	64
94	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	97	Unknown	58
95	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
96	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
98	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
99	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
100	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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