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 Jul 2026

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07/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:07

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

4. The Death Studies Podcast (1 shows)

5. Agoric Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 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	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
28	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
35	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
37	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
43	Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home	Emily Post	Science	57	Spreaker	43
44	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
45	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
46	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
48	The Restoration Psychology Podcast	Restoration Psychology	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	47
49	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
51	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
52	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
53	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
56	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
57	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
62	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
63	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
64	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
65	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
66	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
67	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
68	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
69	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
70	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
72	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
73	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	6	Buzzsprout	52
75	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
76	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
77	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
78	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
81	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
82	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
83	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
84	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
85	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
86	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
87	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
89	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
92	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
93	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
94	The Aerostich Podcast With Mr. Subjective	Aerostich	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	The Dissociative Table	Various hosts and guests	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	63
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
97	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
98	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
99	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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