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 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:44

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

4. fertr (1 shows)

5. Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	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	119	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	748	Megaphone	63
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
28	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
29	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
32	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
37	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
39	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
41	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	630	Spreaker	53
44	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
47	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
50	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
51	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
52	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
54	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
55	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
56	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
57	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
58	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
59	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
60	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
61	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
62	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
63	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
67	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
68	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	21	Buzzsprout	89
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
71	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
72	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	154	Megaphone	53
73	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
74	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
77	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
78	WORK! Exploring the future of work, labor and employment.	Cornell ILR School	Science	19	Buzzsprout	52
79	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	597	Simplecast	53
82	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
83	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
84	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
85	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2292	Acast	28
89	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
90	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	367	Podbean	42
92	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
93	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	15	Substack	79
94	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	110	Spreaker	38
95	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	4	RedCircle	59
96	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
97	Measure What Matters (by Elevate What Matters)	Melissa Chapman Haynes	Science	0	Podbean	17
98	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
99	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
100	Ethnographic Imagination Basel	Basel Social Anthropology	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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