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 Jun 2026

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06/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:50:55

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

4. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

5. Sucheta Kamath (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
23	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
39	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
49	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
50	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
51	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
52	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
53	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
55	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
56	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
58	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
59	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
60	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
62	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
63	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
64	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
66	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
67	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
68	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
69	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
70	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
71	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
72	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
73	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
74	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
75	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
79	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
80	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
84	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
88	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
91	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
92	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
93	Positive Humanism: Thriving Without Superstition	Owen Hawthorne	Science & Medicine	27	Unknown	38
94	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
95	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
96	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
97	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
98	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
99	Emotional Abuse	Emotional Abuse	Science	6	Audioboom	58
100	The Brain Blown Podcast	The Brain Blown Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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