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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:50:16

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

3. Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group (1 shows)

4. VoxDev.org (1 shows)

5. The Skeptic (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	536	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
10	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
24	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
29	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
30	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
31	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
46	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
49	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	100	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
53	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
54	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
55	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
56	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
57	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
58	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
59	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2294	Acast	28
60	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
61	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
62	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
63	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	15	Substack	79
64	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
66	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
67	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
68	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
69	APA HAI	APA HAI section	Science	106	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
72	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	345	Audioboom	52
74	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	233	Spreaker	53
75	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
76	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	131	Buzzsprout	79
77	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
78	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
79	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	105	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
81	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
83	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
85	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
86	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
87	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
88	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
89	Sustain What?	Andy @Revkin	Science	128	Substack	53
90	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	21	Buzzsprout	89
91	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	111	Spreaker	38
92	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
93	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
94	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
95	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
96	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
97	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
98	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
99	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
100	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72

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