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 25 Jan 2026

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01/25/2026

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Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:52:22

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

4. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
24	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
29	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
42	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
43	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
46	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
49	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
50	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
51	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
53	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
55	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
56	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
60	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
62	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
63	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
64	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
65	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
66	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
67	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
68	Hollerlogue	James Browning	Science	3	RSS.com	63
69	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
71	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
72	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
74	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
76	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
77	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
78	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
82	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
83	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
84	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
85	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
86	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
87	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
88	The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution	The Pulaski Institution	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
89	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
90	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
92	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
93	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
94	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
95	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
96	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	30	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
99	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
100	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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