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 Sep 2026

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09/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 231

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Atheer ~ أثير (1 shows)

4. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

5. Jacob Martinez (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	505	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
20	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	2	RSS.com	52
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
34	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
37	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
38	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
39	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
41	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
42	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
43	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	400	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
51	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
52	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
53	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
54	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
55	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
56	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
57	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
58	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	122	Blubrry	38
59	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
60	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
61	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
64	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
66	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
67	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
68	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
70	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
72	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
73	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
74	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
76	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
79	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
80	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
81	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Give Methods A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	33	Unknown	38
83	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
84	Urbanismo y Vivienda	Javier de la Torre	Science	142	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
86	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
88	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42
90	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
91	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
95	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
96	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
97	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
98	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
99	【国学经典】大麦简读《道德经》老子\|本经译文\|哲学	大麦书屋	Science	82	Ximalaya	43
100	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79

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