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 Oct 2026

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10/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:16

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

3. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

4. Curt Sandvig (1 shows)

5. Rich and Tim (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
19	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
20	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
26	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
30	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
31	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
32	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	125	Buzzsprout	48
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
39	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
40	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
43	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	7	RSS.com	52
44	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
45	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	405	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
48	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
49	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	47
50	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
54	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
55	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	347	Audioboom	52
56	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
57	The Trauma-Informed Care Bear	Carrie Wassel RN, BSN	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	17
58	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
60	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
62	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
64	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
65	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
67	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
68	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
69	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
70	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
72	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
73	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
74	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	265	Captivate	79
75	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	87	Libsyn	48
76	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
77	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
78	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
79	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
80	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
81	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
82	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
83	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
84	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	111	Spreaker	38
85	Plasticity Means Possibility: Developing Policy for Developing Brains	UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent	Science	4	Libsyn	32
86	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
87	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	126	Blubrry	38
88	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
91	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
92	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
93	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
94	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
95	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
96	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
97	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
98	kikapekiskwewin	Dr Josie Auger	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	49W	49W	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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