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 19 mai 2026

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05/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:52:57

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Brad R. Fulton, PhD (1 shows)

3. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
30	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
36	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
37	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
42	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
44	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
45	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
46	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
49	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
51	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
52	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
53	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
54	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
55	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	139	Podbean	48
59	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
61	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
62	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
63	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
64	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
65	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
66	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
67	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
68	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
70	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
71	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
72	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
73	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
74	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
77	みずかみアワー	水上優	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
79	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
81	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
82	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
84	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
85	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
86	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
87	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
89	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
90	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
91	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
92	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
93	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
94	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
95	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
96	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
97	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
98	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
99	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	50	Blubrry	38
100	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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