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 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 261

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. Velvet (1 shows)

3. The Skeptic (1 shows)

4. coldtakes (1 shows)

5. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
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	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
15	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
26	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
33	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
34	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
40	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
41	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
43	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
47	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	347	Audioboom	52
48	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
49	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
50	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	126	Blubrry	38
51	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	265	Captivate	79
52	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
53	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
54	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
55	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
56	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	405	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
58	kikapekiskwewin	Dr Josie Auger	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
59	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	111	Spreaker	38
60	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
61	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
62	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	6	Podbean	63
63	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
64	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
65	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2296	Acast	28
66	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	428	Audioboom	38
67	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Moral Science Podcast	Amber Cazzell	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	52
69	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
70	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	7	RSS.com	52
71	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
72	Cold Takes Audio	coldtakes	Science	50	Buzzsprout	32
73	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
75	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
76	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
77	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
78	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
80	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
81	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
83	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
85	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
86	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
87	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
88	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
89	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
90	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
91	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	WORK! Exploring the future of work, labor and employment.	Cornell ILR School	Science	19	Buzzsprout	52
93	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	5	RedCircle	59
94	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
95	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
96	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
97	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	300	Podbean	52
98	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
99	Thinking Well & Why	Awareness to Action	Science	11	Captivate	68
100	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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