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 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:46

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. محمد فاضلی (2 shows)

4. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

5. VoxDev.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
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	345	Simplecast	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
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	324	Unknown	48
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
28	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
30	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
36	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
37	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
40	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
46	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
47	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
48	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
49	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
50	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
52	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
54	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	3	Buzzsprout	52
55	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
56	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
57	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
58	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
59	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
60	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
61	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
63	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
65	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
66	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
67	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
68	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
71	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
72	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
74	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
76	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
77	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
78	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
80	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
81	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
83	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
84	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
85	Bottom Lines Top Dollars	Ladies Who Crunch	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
87	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
88	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
90	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
91	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
92	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
94	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
96	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
97	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	96	RedCircle	49
99	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
100	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27

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