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 Oct 2026

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10/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 250

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:19

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

5. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
13	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
27	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
28	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
29	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	630	Spreaker	53
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
36	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
41	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
44	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
47	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
48	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
55	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	21	Buzzsprout	89
56	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
57	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
58	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
59	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
61	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2292	Acast	28
62	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
64	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
65	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	4	RedCircle	59
66	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
67	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	404	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
69	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
70	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
71	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
72	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
74	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
77	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	326	RSS.com	32
78	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
80	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	110	Spreaker	38
81	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
82	Thinking Well & Why	Awareness to Action	Science	11	Captivate	68
83	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
84	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
85	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
86	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	597	Simplecast	53
88	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
89	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	171	Libsyn	58
90	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
91	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
92	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
93	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
94	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
95	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
96	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
97	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	154	Megaphone	53
98	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	99	Buzzsprout	53
99	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
100	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52

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