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 Jul 2026

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07/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

4. Dr. Colby Taylor (1 shows)

5. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
9	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
27	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
28	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
33	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
35	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
43	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
44	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
48	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
49	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
52	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
54	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
55	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
56	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
60	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
62	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
63	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
64	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
65	Behavioral Scientist Reads	Behavioral Scientist	Science	3	Buzzsprout	52
66	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
67	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
68	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
70	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
72	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
73	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
74	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
77	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
78	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
79	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
80	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	APA HAI	APA HAI section	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
83	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Tempest Universe Podcast	Manny Sifonte	Science	242	Spreaker	64
85	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
86	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
87	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
88	Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home	Emily Post	Science	57	Spreaker	43
89	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
91	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
92	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
93	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
95	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
96	Scientista	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
97	你住吉米²房？	吉米羅羅	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
99	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	122	Acast	69
100	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59

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