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 13 Jan 2026

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01/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:53:29

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

4. The Autistic VOICE Project (1 shows)

5. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
11	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
29	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
38	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
44	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
47	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
48	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2302	Acast	28
49	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
50	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
51	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
52	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
53	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
57	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
59	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
61	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
62	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
64	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
65	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
66	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
68	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
69	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
71	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
72	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
73	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
74	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
75	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
76	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
77	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
78	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
80	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
81	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
84	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
85	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
86	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
87	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
88	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
89	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	623	Spreaker	59
90	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
91	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
92	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	47
93	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
94	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
96	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
98	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
99	a scope ~リベラルアーツで世界を視る目が変わる~	NewsPicks	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72

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