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 Apr 2026

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04/12/2026

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Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:52:08

Top 5 authors

1. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

2. Sucheta Kamath (1 shows)

3. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

4. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

5. Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
47	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
50	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
51	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
52	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
53	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
54	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
55	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
56	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
57	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
58	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
59	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
60	How to Think Like a Psychologist Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Stanford Continuing Studies Program	Social Sciences	6	N/A	N/A
61	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
64	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
65	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
66	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
67	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
69	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
71	The American Health Podcast	Bloomberg American Health Initiative	Science	59	Libsyn	42
72	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
73	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
74	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
77	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
78	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
79	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
81	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
83	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
84	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
85	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.	Natural Encounters, Inc.	Science	287	Libsyn	32
87	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
88	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
91	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	103	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
93	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
94	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
95	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
97	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
98	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
99	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	112	Buzzsprout	48
100	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52

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