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 Jul 2026

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07/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 278

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:13

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (3 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Universidad de Guadalajara (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
9	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	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	741	Megaphone	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
34	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
35	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
38	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
45	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
49	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
50	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
51	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
52	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
53	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
54	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
56	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
59	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
60	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
62	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
65	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
66	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
67	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
68	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
70	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
72	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
73	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
74	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
75	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
76	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
77	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
78	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
79	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
80	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
81	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
82	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
83	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
84	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
85	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
87	Ology	Creation Brand Media	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
90	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
91	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
92	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
93	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
95	Háblame de Ciencia	Universidad de Guadalajara	Science	102	Audioboom	58
96	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
97	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
98	Military Psychology Podcast	Division 19	Science	34	Captivate	62
99	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
100	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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