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 20 Jul 2026

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07/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 322

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Deborah Griffiths (1 shows)

3. Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery (1 shows)

4. Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC (1 shows)

5. John Templeton Foundation (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	323	Unknown	48
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	299	Libsyn	52
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
26	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
27	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
32	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
39	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	52
40	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
41	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
43	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
48	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
49	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
52	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
53	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
55	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
56	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
57	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
60	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
61	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	326	Podbean	37
63	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
64	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
65	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
66	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
69	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
70	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
73	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
74	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
75	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
76	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
83	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
84	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
85	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
86	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
87	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
88	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
90	Outsider / Insider	MIT Sloan	Science	8	RSS.com	73
91	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	88	Podetize	63
92	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
93	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
94	The Fly-Bottle	The Fly-Bottle	Science	35	Podbean	63
95	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
96	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
98	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2251	Acast	28
99	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
100	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49

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