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 Mar 2026

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03/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:54:31

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. VoxDev.org (1 shows)

4. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

5. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
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	20	Captivate	48
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
30	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
31	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
33	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	69	Libsyn	58
34	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
39	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
40	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
44	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
45	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
46	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
51	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
52	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
53	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
56	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
57	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
58	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
59	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
60	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
62	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
63	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
64	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
65	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
66	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	24	RSS.com	52
67	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
68	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	3	Buzzsprout	37
69	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
70	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
71	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
72	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
73	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
74	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
75	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
76	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
77	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
78	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
80	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
81	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
83	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
85	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
87	Chercheur.es	Chercheur.es Podcast	Science	13	RSS.com	62
88	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
89	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
90	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
91	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
92	The Forgiveness Effect	Peace Thru Forgiveness	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
93	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
94	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
95	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
96	What about us? Cultural Awareness in Clinical Psychology	WhatAboutUs	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
98	通往奴役之路 \| 哈耶克著作	多云下的蛋	Science	20	Ximalaya	49
99	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
100	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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