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 Oct 2026

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10/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 253

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:22

Top 5 authors

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

2. David Beckemeyer (1 shows)

3. Curt Sandvig (1 shows)

4. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

5. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	542	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
17	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
18	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
24	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
36	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
40	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
41	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
44	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
45	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
46	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	168	Buzzsprout	58
49	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
50	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
52	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
54	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	405	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
56	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
57	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
58	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	5	RedCircle	59
59	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
60	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
61	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
62	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
63	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
64	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	7	RSS.com	52
65	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
66	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
67	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
69	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	112	Spreaker	38
70	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
71	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
72	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
74	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
75	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
76	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
77	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
78	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
80	The Trauma-Informed Care Bear	Carrie Wassel RN, BSN	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	88	Libsyn	48
83	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
84	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
86	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
87	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	15	Substack	79
88	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	128	Acast	69
89	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
90	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
92	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	347	Audioboom	52
93	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
94	The Behavior Trap	Alan Lowe	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2300	Acast	28
98	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
99	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	132	Buzzsprout	79

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