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 23 Apr 2026

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04/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:48:39

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Rob Gray (1 shows)

4. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

5. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 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	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	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	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
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	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
40	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
42	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
43	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
44	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
52	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
53	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
55	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
56	How to Think Like a Psychologist Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Stanford Continuing Studies Program	Social Sciences	6	N/A	N/A
57	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
60	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
62	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
63	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
64	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
65	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
66	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
67	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	Qq	m S	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
70	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
73	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
74	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
75	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
76	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
77	Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis	Cammie D.	Science	60	Unknown	62
78	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	342	Buzzsprout	63
79	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
80	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
83	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
84	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
85	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
87	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
88	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
91	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
92	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
93	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
94	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
95	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
97	Backstory: How Research Papers in Economics Get Made	UC San Diego	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
99	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
100	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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