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 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 267

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:51:04

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

4. David Flora (1 shows)

5. Patrick Keller (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
19	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
20	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
21	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
31	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
32	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
36	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
37	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
38	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
44	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
45	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
46	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
47	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
49	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
50	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
51	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
53	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
54	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
55	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
56	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2302	Acast	28
58	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	68	Unknown	43
59	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
62	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
65	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
66	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	7	RSS.com	52
67	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
68	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
69	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
70	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
71	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
72	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
74	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	115	Spreaker	38
75	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
76	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
77	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
78	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
79	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
80	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
81	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
84	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
85	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
88	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
89	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
90	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
91	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	88	Libsyn	48
92	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
93	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	The Feminist Park Podcast: Designing for Liberation!	The Feminist Park Podcast	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	47
95	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
96	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
99	Save the World with Jay Friedenberg	Jay Friedenberg	Science	8	Buzzsprout	58
100	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38

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