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 12 Jan 2026

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01/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 298

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:53:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
22	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
33	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
37	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
38	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
40	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
41	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
42	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
43	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
46	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
47	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
48	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
53	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
56	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
57	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
58	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
59	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
60	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
61	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
62	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
63	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
64	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
65	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
66	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
67	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
68	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
69	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
70	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
71	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
72	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
73	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
76	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	37	Buzzsprout	32
78	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
79	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
80	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
82	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
83	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
84	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
85	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
86	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
87	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	57	Ximalaya	53
88	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
89	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
90	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
91	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
92	Ask Dr. Doreen	Autism Network ®	Science	76	Libsyn	49
93	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
94	60 Mindful Minutes	Kristen Manieri	Science	301	Libsyn	78
95	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
97	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
98	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
99	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43

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