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 21 Feb 2026

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02/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 287

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:52:07

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

4. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

5. Scott Barry Kaufman (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	542	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
19	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
26	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
31	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
32	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
34	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
38	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
40	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
41	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
42	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
46	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
47	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
49	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
54	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
55	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
56	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
57	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
58	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
59	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
60	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
61	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
62	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
63	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
64	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
66	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
67	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
68	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
69	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
70	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
75	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
76	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
77	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
78	PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world	Dr. Leslie Poston, Research Psychologist: Applied Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational Psychology	Science	121	Transistor	83
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
80	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
81	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
82	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	428	Audioboom	38
83	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
84	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
85	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
86	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
87	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
88	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
90	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
91	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	What is The Future for Cities?	Fanni Melles	Science	740	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
94	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
95	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
96	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
98	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
99	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	300	Podbean	52
100	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2300	Acast	28

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