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 May 2026

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05/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 343

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:53:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Game Theory (1 shows)

4. John Greenewald, Jr. (1 shows)

5. Charles Liao (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
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	352	PRX	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
47	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
48	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
50	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
53	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
57	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
58	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
59	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
61	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
62	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
63	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
64	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
65	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
66	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
68	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
69	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	63	Unknown	43
72	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
73	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
74	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
75	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
76	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
78	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	132	Buzzsprout	53
79	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
80	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
81	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
83	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
84	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
85	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
86	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
87	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
88	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
89	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
90	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	26	Captivate	68
91	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
92	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
93	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
94	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
95	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
97	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
99	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
100	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48

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