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 Oct 2026

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10/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:38

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. fertr (1 shows)

5. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	533	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
14	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
19	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
30	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
31	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
32	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
33	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
34	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
35	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
39	kikapekiskwewin	Dr Josie Auger	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
40	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	5	Buzzsprout	31
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	345	Audioboom	52
43	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
45	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
46	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
47	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
48	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
49	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
51	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
52	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
53	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
55	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
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	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
59	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	630	Spreaker	53
61	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
62	Plasticity Means Possibility: Developing Policy for Developing Brains	UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent	Science	2	Libsyn	32
63	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
64	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	367	Podbean	42
65	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
66	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
67	Sidebar with Attorney Ryan Sandstrom	Ryan Sandstrom	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
69	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
70	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	21	Buzzsprout	89
71	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
72	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
73	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
74	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	941	Libsyn	49
76	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
77	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
78	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
80	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
81	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
83	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
84	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
85	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	109	Spreaker	38
87	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
88	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	170	Buzzsprout	58
89	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
90	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
91	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
92	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	The Behavior Trap	Alan Lowe	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Design Economics Podcast with Vinny Tafuro	Institute for Economic Evolution, Inc.	Science	23	Transistor	52
95	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
96	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
99	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
100	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	171	Libsyn	58

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