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 avr. 2026

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04/18/2026

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Episodes: 226

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:49:59

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

4. JL McVey (1 shows)

5. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	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	1118	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	74	Megaphone	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
20	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	339	Libsyn	47
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
33	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	653	Simplecast	63
34	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
35	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
38	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
39	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
40	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	319	Libsyn	38
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
51	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
52	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
53	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
54	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
56	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
57	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
58	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
59	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
60	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
66	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
67	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
68	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
69	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
70	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
71	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
72	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	624	Simplecast	69
76	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
77	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
78	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
79	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
80	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
82	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
83	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
84	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
85	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	To the Righthouse	Global Campus of Human Rights	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
88	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
89	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
90	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
91	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
92	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
93	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
94	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
96	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
98	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
99	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
100	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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