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 26 Mar 2026

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03/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 276

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:53:18

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

5. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
34	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
38	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
39	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
40	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
41	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
42	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
43	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
44	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
47	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
51	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
52	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
53	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
57	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
60	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
61	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
62	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
64	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
66	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
67	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
68	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	3	Buzzsprout	37
70	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
71	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
72	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	25	RSS.com	52
73	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	Chercheur.es	Chercheur.es Podcast	Science	13	RSS.com	62
75	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
76	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
78	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
79	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
81	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
82	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
84	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
85	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
86	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
89	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
90	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
91	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
92	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
93	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
95	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
96	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
97	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
98	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	93	Buzzsprout	53
99	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
100	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64

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