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 Sep 2026

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09/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:51:55

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Arabcast (2 shows)

4. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	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	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
27	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
45	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
46	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
48	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
50	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	95	Acast	69
51	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
52	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
53	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
54	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
55	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
56	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
58	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
59	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
60	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
61	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
62	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
63	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
64	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	95	RedCircle	49
65	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
69	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
72	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
73	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
74	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
75	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
77	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
79	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
80	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
81	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
82	Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis	Cammie D.	Science	60	Unknown	62
83	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
84	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
86	دردشة \| د فوزية الدريع وخالد الخالدي	Arabcast	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
87	複心瀚	Ben	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
89	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
90	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
91	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
93	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
95	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
96	49W	49W	Science	492	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
98	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
99	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
100	The X Stream - On Demand!	Margie Kay	Science	497	Spreaker	59

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