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 Jul 2026

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07/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:51:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Money & Macro Talks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
27	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
28	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
29	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
43	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
48	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
49	Scientista	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
50	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
51	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
55	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
60	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
61	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
62	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
63	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
64	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
65	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
66	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
67	Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home	Emily Post	Science	57	Spreaker	43
68	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
69	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
70	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
71	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
72	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
75	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
76	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
77	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
79	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
80	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
81	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
82	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
83	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
84	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
85	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	111	Buzzsprout	48
87	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
88	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
89	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
90	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
91	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
92	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
94	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
95	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
96	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
97	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
98	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
99	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
100	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47

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