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 Oct 2026

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10/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:29

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group (1 shows)

4. Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
22	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
28	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
29	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
30	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
33	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	630	Spreaker	53
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
40	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
41	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
42	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
45	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
46	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
47	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
48	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
49	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
50	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
51	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	170	Buzzsprout	58
52	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	105	Spotify for Podcasters	52
54	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
56	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
58	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	345	Audioboom	52
59	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
63	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
64	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
66	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
67	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
68	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
70	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	326	RSS.com	32
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
73	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
74	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Optimistic Voices	Helping Children Worldwide; Dr. Laura Horvath, Emmanuel M. Nabieu, Yasmine Vaughan, Melody Curtiss	Science	73	Buzzsprout	78
76	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
77	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
78	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
79	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
80	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar	Science	100	Libsyn	47
81	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
82	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
84	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
85	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
86	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
89	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	367	Podbean	42
90	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
92	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
93	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
94	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
95	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
96	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	610	Spreaker	33
97	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
98	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
100	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	509	Substack	53

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