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 Jun 2026

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06/26/2026

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Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:15

Top 5 authors

1. Alfie Kohn (1 shows)

2. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1 shows)

3. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

4. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

5. Matthew Facciani (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
12	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
19	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
29	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
36	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
40	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	18	Buzzsprout	89
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
43	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
44	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
45	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
47	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
48	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
49	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
50	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	106	Spreaker	38
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
56	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
57	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
58	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
59	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
62	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
63	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
64	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
65	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
66	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
67	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
68	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
70	Mermoz	Le Cercle des Économistes	Science	36	Acast	84
71	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
72	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
73	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
74	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
75	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
76	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
79	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
80	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
81	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
82	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
84	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68
85	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
87	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
88	The TASP Talks Podcast	Texas Association of School Psychologists	Social Sciences	72	N/A	N/A
89	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
90	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
91	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	29	Buzzsprout	78
92	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
93	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
94	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
95	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49
96	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
97	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
98	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
99	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
100	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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