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 sept. 2026

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09/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 250

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:52

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Circle Of Insight Productions (1 shows)

4. Merseyside Skeptics Society (1 shows)

5. Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
19	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
28	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	2	RSS.com	52
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
40	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
42	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
43	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
44	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
45	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
46	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
48	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
51	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
52	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
54	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
55	49W	49W	Science	493	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	400	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
59	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
60	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
62	The Stress Puzzle	Dr. Ryan L. Brown and the UCSF Stress Measurement Network	Science	20	Libsyn	68
63	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
64	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
65	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
67	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
68	Goddesses of Social Work Podcast	Renita Ray Davis, LICSW-S, PIP	Science	108	RSS.com	51
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
71	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
72	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
74	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
75	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
77	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
78	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
79	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
80	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	98	Unknown	58
83	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
84	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
85	The Information Advantage	The Citadel SHSS	Science	30	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	Urbanismo y Vivienda	Javier de la Torre	Science	142	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
88	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
89	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
90	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
91	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
92	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
93	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1238	Megaphone	59
95	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
96	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
97	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
98	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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