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 May 2026

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05/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:57

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Ryan Sumner (1 shows)

3. Matt Sedlar (1 shows)

4. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

5. 洪晃|晃然大悟 (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
14	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
24	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
27	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
32	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
35	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
36	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
37	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
44	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
45	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
46	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
49	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
50	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
51	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
56	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
57	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
58	The Soulcial Werk Podcast	Aisia and Mel	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	31
59	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	116	Spreaker	38
60	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
61	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
62	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
63	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
64	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
65	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
66	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
67	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
68	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
69	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
71	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
72	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
74	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
75	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
77	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
81	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
83	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
84	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
85	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Война и мы	PS Lab - Лаборатория публичной социологии	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
88	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
89	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
90	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
91	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
92	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
93	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
94	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
96	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
97	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
99	قناة التربية الخاصة	tarbiah5	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
100	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33

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