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 Aug 2026

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08/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:50:13

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

5. Treehouse Sound Inc. (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Captivate (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
21	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
33	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
34	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
41	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
43	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
46	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
50	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
54	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
55	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
56	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
57	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
58	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
59	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
60	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
62	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
64	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
65	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
66	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
67	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
69	Political Hope	WeDeepen	Science	99	Libsyn	73
70	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
72	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
73	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
74	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
75	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
78	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
79	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
83	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
84	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
86	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	40	Podigee	79
87	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
90	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
91	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
92	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
93	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
95	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
97	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
98	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
99	UF Law Presents Serious About Law	Merritt McAlister, Dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law	Science	9	RSS.com	57
100	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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