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 août 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 323

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:20

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

5. Stephanie Keith (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
17	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	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	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
33	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
43	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
46	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
47	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
48	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
49	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
50	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
51	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
52	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
54	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
55	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
59	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
62	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
63	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
66	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
67	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
68	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
69	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	400	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
71	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2258	Acast	28
72	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
73	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
74	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
75	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
76	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
77	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
78	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
81	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
82	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
84	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
85	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
86	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
87	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
88	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
89	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
90	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
91	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
92	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
93	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
94	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
95	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
96	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
97	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
98	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47

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