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 18 Mar 2026

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03/18/2026

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Episodes: 290

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:52:13

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke (1 shows)

4. Public Health is Dead (1 shows)

5. Zoe Weil (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
16	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
28	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
34	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
41	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
42	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
46	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
50	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
51	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
52	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
53	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
54	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
55	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
56	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
57	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
58	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
59	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
61	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
62	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
63	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
65	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
66	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
67	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
68	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
69	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
70	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
71	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
72	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
73	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
74	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	Matrix Podcast	Social Science Matrix	Science	110	Libsyn	68
76	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
77	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
78	AfterMASH	AfterMASH Podcast	Science	3	Substack	84
79	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
80	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
81	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
83	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
84	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
85	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
86	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
87	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
89	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
90	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
91	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
92	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
94	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
95	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	25	RSS.com	52
96	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
97	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
98	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
99	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
100	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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