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 mai 2026

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05/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:54:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Alfie Kohn (1 shows)

5. Charles Liao (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	507	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
16	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
17	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
18	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
24	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
41	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
44	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
46	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
49	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
52	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
55	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
56	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
57	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
58	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
60	NarSin - Myanmar Podcast	NarSin - Myanmar Podcast	Science	62	RedCircle	38
61	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
62	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
63	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
66	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
67	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
70	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
71	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
72	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	614	Spreaker	59
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
74	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
75	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
76	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
77	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
78	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
81	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
82	Mind Spectrum	The Cognitive Lab	Social Sciences	23	N/A	N/A
83	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
84	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
86	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
87	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
89	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
90	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
91	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
92	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
94	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
95	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
96	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
97	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
98	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
99	The Forgiveness Effect	Peace Thru Forgiveness	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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