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 févr. 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:53:13

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

4. Dan Banik (1 shows)

5. VoxDev.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1338	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	508	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	339	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	43	Libsyn	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
16	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
26	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
31	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
32	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
38	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
39	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	63	Buzzsprout	52
40	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
51	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
53	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
55	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
59	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
60	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
61	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
62	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
63	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
64	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
65	ABA Sissyahs	ABA Sissyahs, LLC	Science	3	RSS.com	58
66	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
67	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
70	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
72	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
73	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
74	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
75	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
77	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
78	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
80	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
81	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
82	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
83	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
84	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
86	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
87	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
88	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
89	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
90	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
91	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2262	Acast	28
92	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
93	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
95	Educational Psychology for Everyone!	Katja Upadyaya (University of Helsinki)	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
97	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
98	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
99	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
100	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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