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 Oct 2026

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10/19/2026

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Episodes: 262

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:15

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Anthrocurious, LLC (1 shows)

4. Kevin Bennett (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	538	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
15	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
24	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
25	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria Details temporarily unavailable	Matt Cicoria	Science	341	Libsyn	47
28	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
29	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
31	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	111	Spreaker	38
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	100	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
42	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	6	RSS.com	52
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
49	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
50	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
51	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
52	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
53	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	5	RedCircle	59
55	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
56	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
57	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
58	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	942	Libsyn	49
59	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
60	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
61	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
62	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
63	49W	49W	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
65	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
66	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
68	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
69	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
70	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
71	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
73	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
75	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
77	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
78	Danger, Deception & Desire	Kevin Bennett	Science	5	Buzzsprout	48
79	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	326	RSS.com	32
80	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	15	Substack	79
81	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2294	Acast	28
84	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	346	Audioboom	52
85	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
86	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
88	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
90	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
91	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
92	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
93	Life with Service Dogs	Linzi Williamson & Grace Rath	Science	19	Buzzsprout	68
94	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	21	Buzzsprout	89
95	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
97	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	405	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62

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