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 Sep 2026

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09/18/2026

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Episodes: 244

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC | Christian Counselor (1 shows)

3. Journal of Humanistic Counseling (1 shows)

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Adam Mastroianni (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
31	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
38	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
40	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
41	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	407	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
46	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
49	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
51	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
53	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
54	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
55	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
57	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
58	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
60	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
61	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
62	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
63	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
64	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	430	Audioboom	38
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
66	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	134	Buzzsprout	79
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
69	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
70	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
71	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
72	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
73	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
74	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	The Method to Our Madness	staceymerola	Science	23	Podbean	42
77	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
78	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	6	Buzzsprout	52
79	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	98	Podbean	47
81	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
82	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
83	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
84	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
85	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
86	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	129	Blubrry	38
87	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
89	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
90	49W	49W	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
92	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
93	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
94	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
97	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
98	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
100	ABA MOM	Allie Langan	Science	74	RSS.com	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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