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 Mar 2026

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03/21/2026

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Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:52:12

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
9	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
18	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
36	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
41	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
49	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
53	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
54	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
55	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
56	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
57	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
58	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
61	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
62	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
63	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
64	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
65	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
66	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
67	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
68	UF Law Presents Serious About Law	Merritt McAlister, Dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law	Science	9	RSS.com	57
69	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
70	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
71	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
73	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
74	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	47
75	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
76	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
77	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2268	Acast	28
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
79	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
81	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
82	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
83	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
84	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
85	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
86	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
87	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
89	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
90	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
91	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
93	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Low Tech Podcast – Low Technology Institute	Low Technology Institute	Science & Medicine	82	Unknown	38
95	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
96	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
98	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
99	Creating the Future	Hildy Gottlieb	Science	21	RSS.com	73
100	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53

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