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 15 Feb 2026

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02/15/2026

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Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:54:27

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

5. Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
32	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
41	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
43	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
50	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
53	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
54	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
56	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
58	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	The Ties That Bind: Rearming the Alliance	FPRI Eurasia Program	Science	14	Substack	53
60	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
61	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
62	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
63	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
64	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
65	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
66	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
70	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
71	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
72	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
73	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
74	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
75	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
76	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
78	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
79	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
80	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
83	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
84	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
85	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
86	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
88	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
89	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
90	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
91	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
92	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
93	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
94	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Not My Type Enneagram	Jack Houser	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
97	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
98	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
99	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
100	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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