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 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

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Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:51:32

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Michael Munger (1 shows)

4. Cryptic Chronicles (1 shows)

5. 洪晃|晃然大悟 (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	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	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	358	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
28	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
32	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
41	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
44	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
48	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
50	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
51	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
52	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
53	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
54	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
55	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
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	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
62	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
63	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
64	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
65	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
66	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
67	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
68	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
70	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
71	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
73	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
74	Qq	m S	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
76	How to Think Like a Psychologist Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Stanford Continuing Studies Program	Social Sciences	6	N/A	N/A
77	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Power In Excellence	Dr John	Science	15	Buzzsprout	63
79	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
80	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
81	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
82	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
83	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
85	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
86	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
87	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
88	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
89	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
90	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
91	Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis	Cammie D.	Science	60	Unknown	62
92	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
93	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
94	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
95	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
96	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	25	RSS.com	52
97	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
98	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73

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