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 Jun 2026

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06/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 271

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:51:34

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Mike Sweet (1 shows)

3. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

4. SAPIENS (1 shows)

5. Beyond the Human (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
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	222	Simplecast	58
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
12	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
17	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
24	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
28	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
35	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	323	RSS.com	32
40	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
44	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
46	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
47	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
48	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
49	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
51	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
52	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
53	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
55	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
59	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
60	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
61	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
62	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
63	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
64	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
65	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
66	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
67	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
68	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
69	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
70	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
72	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
73	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
77	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
78	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
80	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
82	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
83	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
84	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
85	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
86	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
87	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
90	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
91	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
92	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
93	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
94	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
95	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
96	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
97	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	621	Spreaker	59
98	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
99	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
100	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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