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 Apr 2026

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04/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:53:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

4. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

5. Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	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	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
41	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
44	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
45	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
46	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
47	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
50	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
51	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
52	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
53	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
54	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
55	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
56	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
57	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
59	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
60	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
61	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
62	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
64	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
65	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
66	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
67	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
68	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
69	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
70	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
71	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
72	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
73	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	How to Think Like a Psychologist Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Stanford Continuing Studies Program	Social Sciences	6	N/A	N/A
75	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
76	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
78	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
79	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	63	Unknown	43
80	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
81	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
82	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
83	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
84	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
85	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
87	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
92	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
93	Jay's Conversations	Jalen Layfield	Science	13	Captivate	69
94	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
95	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
96	Scientista	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
97	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
98	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	X侦探｜儿童侦探故事｜三分钟破案	静静流过	Science	325	Ximalaya	49
100	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42

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