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 Sep 2026

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09/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:50:10

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Rob Gray (1 shows)

5. Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer) (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1340	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	3	RSS.com	52
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
30	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
37	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
38	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
43	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
47	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
48	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
51	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
52	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
53	Cooperative Journal	Hosted by Ebony Joy	Science	42	RedCircle	53
54	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
55	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
56	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
59	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
60	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
62	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
64	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
65	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	401	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
68	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
69	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
71	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
72	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
73	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
75	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
78	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
80	The Method to Our Madness	staceymerola	Science	21	Podbean	42
81	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
82	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
83	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
84	Thinking Well & Why	Awareness to Action	Science	9	Captivate	58
85	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
86	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	123	Blubrry	38
87	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
88	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
89	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
92	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
93	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
94	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
96	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
97	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	Ethics & Psychology	johngavazzi@aol.com (John Gavazzi)	Science	25	Libsyn	48
99	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
100	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31

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