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 Sep 2026

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09/12/2026

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Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:50:52

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

5. Grey Dynamics (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	8	RSS.com	52
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
29	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
30	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
32	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
41	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
45	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
46	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
49	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
50	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
53	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
54	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	101	RedCircle	49
55	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
56	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
57	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
58	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
59	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
62	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
63	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
64	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
65	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
66	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
67	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
68	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
71	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
72	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
76	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
77	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
78	دردشة \| د فوزية الدريع وخالد الخالدي	Arabcast	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
81	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
82	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	ABA MOM	Allie Langan	Science	74	RSS.com	58
84	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
85	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
86	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
89	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
90	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
91	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
92	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
95	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
96	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
97	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
98	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
99	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
100	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49

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