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 Jun 2026

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06/18/2026

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Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:51:35

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. liuo (1 shows)

4. Circle Of Insight Productions (1 shows)

5. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
6	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
13	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
15	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
33	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
34	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
42	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
45	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
49	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
50	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
51	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
52	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
53	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
56	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
57	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
58	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
59	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
64	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
65	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
66	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
67	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
68	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
69	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
71	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
72	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
73	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
74	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
75	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
76	The Counseling Student Podcast	Bria Brown	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
78	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
79	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
80	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
82	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
83	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
84	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
85	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
86	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
87	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
88	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
89	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
90	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
91	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
92	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
93	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
94	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
96	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
97	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
98	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
99	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
100	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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