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 Jul 2026

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07/16/2026

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Episodes: 269

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:22

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

4. Dr. Shiri (1 shows)

5. Beyond the Human (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Captivate (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
12	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
26	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
29	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
30	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
34	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
38	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
39	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
40	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
41	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
44	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
46	The Evolving Behavior Analyst	The Society for the Expansion of Behavior Analysis	Science	8	Unknown	32
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
51	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
54	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
55	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	116	Spreaker	38
56	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
57	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
58	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
59	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
61	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
62	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
65	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
66	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
67	The Restoration Psychology Podcast	Restoration Psychology	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	47
68	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
69	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
70	Thinking Well & Why	Awareness to Action	Science	11	Captivate	68
71	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
72	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
74	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
75	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
76	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	International Politics Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale University	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
78	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	101	RedCircle	49
79	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
80	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	600	Simplecast	53
81	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
83	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
84	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
85	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
86	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
87	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
88	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
89	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
90	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
91	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
92	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
93	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
94	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
95	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
97	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
98	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
100	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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