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 Jul 2026

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07/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 298

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:50:41

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

4. Scott Carney (1 shows)

5. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
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	27	Libsyn	53
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
24	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
32	The Evolving Behavior Analyst	The Society for the Expansion of Behavior Analysis	Science	5	Unknown	32
33	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
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	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
39	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
46	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
47	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
53	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
55	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
56	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	International Politics Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale University	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
58	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
59	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
63	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
64	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
66	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
68	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
69	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
72	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
74	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
75	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
77	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	96	RedCircle	49
78	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
80	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
81	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	2007	Megaphone	59
82	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
83	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
84	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
85	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
86	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
87	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
88	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
89	Antisocial Personality Disorder Podcast	Lon	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
91	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
92	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
93	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
94	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
95	Relationships 2.0 With Dr. Michelle Skeen	Michelle Skeen	Science	335	Podomatic	48
96	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
97	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
98	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	221	Spreaker	53
100	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37

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