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 Apr 2026

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04/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:51:20

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

4. 洪晃|晃然大悟 (1 shows)

5. Patrick D. Watson (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
25	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
34	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
38	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
40	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
41	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
42	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
43	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
50	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
51	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
52	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
54	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
55	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
56	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
57	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
60	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
63	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
64	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
66	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
69	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
70	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
71	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
72	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
73	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
74	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
76	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
77	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
79	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
80	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Functionally Speaking	Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA	Science & Medicine	17	Podbean	38
82	Undisclosed: Voices of Black Girls	Undisclosed VBG	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
84	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
87	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
88	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
89	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
90	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
91	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
92	An Essay on Economic Theory Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Richard Cantillon	Social Sciences	37	N/A	N/A
93	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
94	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
95	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
96	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
97	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
99	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
100	Power In Excellence	Dr John	Science	15	Buzzsprout	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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