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 Aug 2026

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08/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 298

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:50:44

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Zoe Weil (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (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	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
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	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
24	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
30	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
36	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	24	RSS.com	52
45	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
46	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
47	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
49	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
50	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
51	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
52	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1000	Megaphone	53
53	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
55	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
57	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
58	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
59	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
60	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
62	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
64	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
66	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
67	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
68	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
69	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
70	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
73	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
74	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
77	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
79	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
80	Naturalistic Decision Making	Brian Moon and Laura Militello	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	SuRGe Ahead Podcast	Shanna Katz Kattari	Science	5	RSS.com	57
82	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	Planting Thoughts	Mike	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
86	The GLaD Podcast	The GLaD Podcast	Science	36	Podbean	52
87	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
88	In Common	The In Common Team	Science	245	Podbean	42
89	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
91	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
92	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
93	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
94	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
95	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
96	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
99	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
100	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59

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