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 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:49:11

Top 5 authors

1. Kelly Chase (2 shows)

2. Jury Analyst (1 shows)

3. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

4. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

5. Rob Gray (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
20	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
34	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
38	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
41	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
42	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
45	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
51	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
52	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
53	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
54	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
56	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
57	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	16	Buzzsprout	79
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
59	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
60	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
61	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
62	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
63	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
64	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
65	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
66	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
67	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
68	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
69	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
70	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
71	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
73	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
74	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2012	Acast	28
75	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
76	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
78	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
79	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
81	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
83	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
84	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
85	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
86	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
87	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
88	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
89	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
90	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
91	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49
92	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
93	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
94	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	2007	Megaphone	59
95	The Rabbit Hole Conversations	Kelly Chase	Science	4	Spreaker	79
96	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
97	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
99	The TASP Talks Podcast	Texas Association of School Psychologists	Social Sciences	72	N/A	N/A
100	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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