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 Apr 2026

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04/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:54:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (3 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. King's College Cambridge (1 shows)

5. 洪晃|晃然大悟 (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	536	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
5	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
16	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	126	Acast	69
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
19	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
23	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
33	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	100	Spotify for Podcasters	32
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
41	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
42	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
49	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
50	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
52	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
53	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
54	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
59	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	171	Libsyn	58
60	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
61	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
62	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
63	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	111	Spreaker	38
64	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
65	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
66	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
67	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
68	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
69	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
70	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
73	Business Games	Business Games Ltd	Science	29	Captivate	83
74	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
79	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
80	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
81	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
82	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
83	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
84	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
85	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
86	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
87	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
89	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Research Sense for Korean American Therapy	Samuel Y. Kim	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
93	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	179	Simplecast	73
94	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	345	Audioboom	52
95	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
96	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	154	Megaphone	53
97	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
98	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
99	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
100	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42

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