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 Feb 2026

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02/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 288

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:49

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

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

4. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

5. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
19	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
40	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
41	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
48	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
49	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
51	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
56	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
59	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
60	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
61	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
62	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
63	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
64	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
66	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
67	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
68	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
69	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
70	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
71	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
72	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
75	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
76	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
77	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
78	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
79	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
81	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
82	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	342	Buzzsprout	63
83	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
84	The Ties That Bind: Rearming the Alliance	FPRI Eurasia Program	Science	16	Substack	48
85	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
86	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	History of Everything	AMI-1	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
89	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
90	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
91	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
92	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
93	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
94	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
95	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
96	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
97	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
98	Low Tech Podcast – Low Technology Institute	Low Technology Institute	Science & Medicine	82	Unknown	38
99	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73

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