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 May 2026

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05/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 308

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:52:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
16	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
32	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
40	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
41	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
43	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
45	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
46	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
47	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
52	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
54	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
57	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
61	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
62	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
63	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
64	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
65	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
66	Háblame de Ciencia	Universidad de Guadalajara	Science	102	Audioboom	58
67	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
69	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
70	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
71	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
75	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
76	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
79	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
81	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
84	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
85	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
86	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
87	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
89	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
90	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
91	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
92	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
93	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Cooperative Journal	Hosted by Ebony Joy	Science	40	RedCircle	53
95	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
96	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
98	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
99	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89

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