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 May 2026

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05/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 293

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:51:41

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

4. Converging Dialogues (1 shows)

5. Hogan Assessments (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 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	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
16	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
27	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
35	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
40	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
41	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
42	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
44	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
45	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
47	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
50	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
54	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
56	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
57	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
58	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
59	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
60	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
63	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
66	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
67	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
68	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
70	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
72	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
73	The Soulcial Werk Podcast	Aisia and Mel	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	31
74	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
75	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
76	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
77	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
78	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
79	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
80	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
82	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
83	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
84	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
85	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
87	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
88	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
89	The Ion Channel	The Ion Channel	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
90	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
91	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
92	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
93	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
94	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
95	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
96	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
98	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	382	Spreaker	48
99	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
100	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53

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