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 17 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 225

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:30

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

4. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
11	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
31	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
36	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
46	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
47	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
52	To the Righthouse	Global Campus of Human Rights	Science	33	Spotify for Podcasters	48
53	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
54	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
55	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
59	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
60	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
61	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
62	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
63	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
64	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
69	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
70	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
71	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
72	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
73	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
74	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
75	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
76	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
77	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Dead Men Walking: Conversations on Global Norms and Institutions	IFIT	Science	6	Captivate	38
81	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
82	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
83	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
84	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
85	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
86	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
89	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
90	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
91	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
92	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
93	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
94	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	132	Acast	73
95	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
96	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
97	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
99	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
100	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57

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