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 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 258

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

3. Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC | Christian Counselor (1 shows)

4. HazMat 101 Consultants (1 shows)

5. KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1340	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	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	354	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
21	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
27	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
29	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
30	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
31	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
32	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	72	Libsyn	58
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
37	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	3	RSS.com	52
40	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
46	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	401	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
49	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
52	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
53	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
55	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	47
56	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
57	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
60	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
61	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
62	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
63	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
64	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
65	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
66	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
67	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
69	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
70	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2268	Acast	28
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	14	Captivate	63
73	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
74	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
75	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
76	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
77	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
78	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
79	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
80	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
85	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
86	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
87	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
89	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
90	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
91	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	627	Spreaker	53
92	The Information Advantage	The Citadel SHSS	Science	31	Spotify for Podcasters	17
93	EcoEchoes	EcoEchoes	Science	46	Podbean	52
94	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
95	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
96	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
97	Econ Nerds Live	Matt Hill	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
100	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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