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 Jul 2026

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07/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 262

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:52

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

4. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
10	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
31	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
32	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
41	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
43	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
46	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
47	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
48	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
49	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
55	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
56	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
58	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
60	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
61	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
64	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
65	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
66	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	5	Buzzsprout	52
67	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
68	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
69	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
70	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
71	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
72	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
73	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
74	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
75	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
76	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
77	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
78	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
80	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
81	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
82	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
83	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
84	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
85	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
87	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	113	Buzzsprout	48
88	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
89	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	250	Libsyn	68
91	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
93	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	103	Buzzsprout	57
94	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
95	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
96	In Common	The In Common Team	Science	245	Podbean	42
97	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	105	Spotify for Podcasters	52
98	Social Work Research Podcast	Martin Webber	Science	51	Unknown	37
99	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
100	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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