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 Aug 2026

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08/19/2026

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Episodes: 335

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:11

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
10	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
12	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
33	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
34	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
36	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
41	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
45	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
46	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
47	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
48	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
49	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
50	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
51	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
52	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
53	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
54	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
55	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
56	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
60	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
61	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
62	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
65	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
66	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
67	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
68	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
69	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
70	SuRGe Ahead Podcast	Shanna Katz Kattari	Science	5	RSS.com	57
71	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
72	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
73	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	The GLaD Podcast	The GLaD Podcast	Science	36	Podbean	52
78	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
80	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
81	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
82	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
83	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	11	Substack	79
84	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
85	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
86	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
87	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
88	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
89	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
90	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
91	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
92	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
94	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
95	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
96	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
98	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
100	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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