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 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:52:17

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (4 shows)

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

3. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

4. Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D. (1 shows)

5. Sobhan Yahyaei (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
35	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
36	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
46	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
47	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
49	Dead Men Walking: Conversations on Global Norms and Institutions	IFIT	Science	5	Captivate	38
50	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
53	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
54	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
55	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
56	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
57	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
58	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
59	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
60	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
61	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
64	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
65	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
66	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
68	Scientista	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
69	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
70	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
71	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
72	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
73	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
74	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
76	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
77	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
78	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
80	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
81	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
82	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
83	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
84	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	293	Podbean	52
85	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
86	Nonbinary Gender: Scholarship and Experience	LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate Students at UM-Dearborn	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
88	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
89	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
90	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
91	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
92	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
93	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
94	Criminology 101	Maggie Wheeler	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	98	Unknown	58
96	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
97	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
98	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
100	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58

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