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 27 Jan 2026

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01/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 263

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:53:34

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

3. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

4. New Books Network (2 shows)

5. James Morris (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
12	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
21	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
29	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
30	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
34	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
35	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
38	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
41	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
43	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
46	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
47	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
48	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
49	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
51	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
52	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
54	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
55	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
58	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
59	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
61	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
62	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
64	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
65	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
66	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
67	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
69	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
70	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
72	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
73	Hollerlogue	James Browning	Science	3	RSS.com	63
74	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
75	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
76	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
78	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
80	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
81	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
82	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
84	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
85	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
86	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
88	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
89	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
90	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
91	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
93	The Color Code: Decoding the Psychology of Hue	Rhythm Studio	Science	21	ART19	42
94	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	174	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
96	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
97	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
98	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
99	The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution	The Pulaski Institution	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
100	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52

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