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 16 Jan 2026

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01/16/2026

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Episodes: 288

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:50:39

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. James Morris (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1361	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	550	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
15	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
20	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	69
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	285	Megaphone	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
37	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
38	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
44	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
45	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
48	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
49	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
50	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
51	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
55	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
56	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
57	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
58	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
59	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
60	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
61	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
62	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
63	Psychoanalysis and Addiction	Graeme Daniels	Science	133	Buzzsprout	62
64	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
66	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
68	The Middle of Everything	Sarah McGrath	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
70	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
71	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
74	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
75	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
76	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
77	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
78	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
79	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
80	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
81	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
82	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
83	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
84	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
85	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
87	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
88	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
90	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	267	Captivate	79
91	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
94	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	ACCESS Division 33	APA Division 33 (IDD/ASD)	Science & Medicine	23	Squarespace	69
97	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
98	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
99	Psych With Mike	Dr. Michael E. Mahon	Science	100	Libsyn	38
100	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79

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