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 Sep 2026

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09/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:49

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
33	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
35	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
36	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
40	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
41	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
42	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
43	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
46	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
48	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
49	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
50	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
51	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
52	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
53	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
54	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
55	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
56	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
57	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
58	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
59	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
60	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
61	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
64	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
65	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
66	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
67	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
68	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
69	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
70	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
72	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
73	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	The Marrott Mindset	Devon Marrott	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
76	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	95	RedCircle	49
77	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
78	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
80	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
85	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
87	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
88	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	Solaris	Podium Podcast	Science	22	Omny Studio	64
91	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
92	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
93	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
94	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
95	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	95	Acast	69
96	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42
98	The Behavior Trap	Alan Lowe	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Миражи	Ali Wodan	Science	92	mave	94
100	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38

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