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 Aug 2026

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08/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 308

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:50:53

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (7 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

5. محمد فاضلی (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	714	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1121	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	947	Megaphone	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	614	Simplecast	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
31	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
36	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
37	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
43	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
44	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
45	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
46	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
49	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
50	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
51	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
52	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
54	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
55	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
59	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
60	柏拉图《理想国》朗读解读	远听山声	Science & Medicine	312	Ximalaya	49
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
65	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
66	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
67	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
68	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	72	Libsyn	58
69	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
71	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
72	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	401	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
75	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
77	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
78	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
79	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
82	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
83	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
84	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	604	Megaphone	59
85	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
86	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
87	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
89	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
90	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
91	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
92	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
93	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
94	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
95	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	598	Simplecast	63
96	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
97	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
98	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	424	Audioboom	38

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