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 Jun 2026

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06/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 277

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:52:26

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Velvet (1 shows)

4. Sobhan Yahyaei (1 shows)

5. hotaudiobook.com (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
13	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
14	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
22	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
33	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
34	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
35	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
36	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	73	Libsyn	58
41	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
42	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
43	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
46	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
47	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	98	Podbean	47
51	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	Scott Carney Investigates	unknown_author	Science	104	Megaphone	27
54	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
56	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
59	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
62	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
63	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
64	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
65	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
67	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
69	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
70	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
71	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
72	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
73	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
74	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
75	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
76	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
78	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	127	Buzzsprout	48
80	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	614	Spreaker	33
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
82	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
83	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
85	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
86	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
87	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
90	The Counseling Student Podcast	Bria Brown	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
91	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
92	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
93	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
95	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
96	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	600	Simplecast	53
97	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
98	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
99	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
100	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52

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