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 14 Feb 2026

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02/14/2026

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Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:53:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

5. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
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	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
14	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	179	Simplecast	73
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
24	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
25	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
32	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
41	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
42	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
43	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	339	Buzzsprout	63
44	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	124	Buzzsprout	48
46	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
49	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
50	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
52	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
53	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
54	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	344	Audioboom	52
55	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	509	Substack	53
57	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
58	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	64	Buzzsprout	52
59	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
60	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
61	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
62	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
63	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
64	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
65	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
66	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
67	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
68	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
71	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
73	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
74	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
77	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
78	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
82	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
83	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
84	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
85	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
86	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	171	Libsyn	58
87	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
88	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
91	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
92	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
93	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	170	Buzzsprout	58
94	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
96	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
97	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
99	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
100	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69

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