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 Jul 2026

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07/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. International Security (1 shows)

3. VoxTalks (1 shows)

4. KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke (1 shows)

5. Beyond the Human (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
9	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
28	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
32	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
45	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
46	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
47	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
49	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
50	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
53	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
56	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
57	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
59	The Fly-Bottle	The Fly-Bottle	Science	35	Podbean	63
60	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
61	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
62	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
64	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
65	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
66	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
67	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
70	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
71	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
73	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
74	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
75	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
76	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
77	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
78	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
79	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
80	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
81	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
82	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	5	Buzzsprout	52
83	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
84	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
85	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	56	Podbean	52
86	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
87	Emotional Abuse	Emotional Abuse	Science	6	Audioboom	58
88	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
89	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	342	Buzzsprout	63
90	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
91	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
92	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	348	Audioboom	52
93	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	623	Spreaker	59
94	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
95	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
96	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
100	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69

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