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 Aug 2026

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08/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 292

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:05

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Rebecca Drewette-Card, DrPH, MSPH (1 shows)

4. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

5. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
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	1117	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
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	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
27	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
30	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
31	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	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
42	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
44	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
48	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
51	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
54	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
55	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
57	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
58	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
62	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
63	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
65	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
66	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
67	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
68	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
69	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Public Health Did That	Rebecca Drewette-Card, DrPH, MSPH	Social Sciences	23	N/A	N/A
71	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
72	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
74	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
75	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
76	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
77	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
78	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
79	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
81	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
82	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
83	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
84	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
85	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
87	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	The Wiscard of Oz: Adventures in School Psychology	Sophia and Marcus	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
90	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
92	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
93	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
97	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	ASSP Healthcare Practice Specialty's Healthbeat Podcast	ASSP HCPS Healthbeat	Science	83	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
100	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69

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