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 24 Apr 2026

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04/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 306

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:52:44

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Rob Gray (1 shows)

3. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

4. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

5. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	711	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	339	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	74	Megaphone	53
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
24	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
27	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
31	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	122	Acast	69
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
37	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
47	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
50	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
51	Creative Adventures	Rosa Lewis	Science	22	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	2007	Megaphone	59
53	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
54	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
55	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
56	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
58	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
59	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
60	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
61	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
62	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
63	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
65	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
66	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
67	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	319	Libsyn	38
70	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
71	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
72	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	655	Simplecast	63
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
74	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
75	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
76	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
77	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
78	Qq	m S	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
79	How to Think Like a Psychologist Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Stanford Continuing Studies Program	Social Sciences	6	N/A	N/A
80	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
81	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
82	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
85	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
86	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
87	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
88	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
89	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
90	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
91	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
92	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
93	The Stress Puzzle	Dr. Ryan L. Brown and the UCSF Stress Measurement Network	Science	20	Libsyn	73
94	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
95	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
96	Sustain What?	Andy Revkin, Dale Willman	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
97	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	245	Buzzsprout	48
98	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	48	Blubrry	38
99	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	653	Simplecast	63
100	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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