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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

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Episodes: 278

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:53:50

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. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Dr. Daniel W Cox (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
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	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
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 Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
31	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
36	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
37	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
41	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
43	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
44	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
47	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
49	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
50	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
51	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
54	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
55	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
56	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
58	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
61	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
63	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	47
64	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	3	Buzzsprout	37
67	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
68	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
69	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
70	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
71	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
72	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
74	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
75	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
76	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
77	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
78	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
79	African Cities	African Cities Research Consortium	Science	34	Buzzsprout	68
80	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
81	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
82	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2268	Acast	28
83	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
84	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
86	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	57	Ximalaya	53
87	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
88	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
89	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
90	UF Law Presents Serious About Law	Merritt McAlister, Dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law	Science	9	RSS.com	57
91	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
92	What is The Future for Cities?	Fanni Melles	Science	695	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
94	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
96	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
97	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
98	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
99	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
100	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47

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