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 Jun 2026

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06/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:35

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

4. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

5. Matthew Facciani (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
17	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
19	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
41	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
42	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
44	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
45	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
46	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
47	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
48	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
49	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
50	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
53	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	24	Buzzsprout	79
55	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
56	Mysterious Universe Details temporarily unavailable	KJH	Science	26	Spreaker	73
58	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
60	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
62	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
63	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
64	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
65	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
69	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
70	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
71	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
72	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
73	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
74	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
76	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	Nové ostrovy s Václavem Cílkem	Václav Cílek a Dagmar Morozová	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	37
79	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
80	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
82	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
83	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
85	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	21	Libsyn	57
87	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
88	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
89	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
91	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
92	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
93	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	113	Buzzsprout	48
95	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	342	Buzzsprout	63
96	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
97	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
98	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
99	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
100	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69

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