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 Sep 2026

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09/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Sam Zagar (1 shows)

4. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	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	354	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	741	Megaphone	63
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
26	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
27	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
39	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	3	RSS.com	52
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	84	Libsyn	48
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
47	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	72	Libsyn	58
48	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
49	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
50	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
51	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	99	Unknown	58
52	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
53	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
54	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
55	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
56	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
57	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
58	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
59	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
60	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
61	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
62	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	124	Acast	69
64	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
65	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
66	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
67	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
68	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
71	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	143	Substack	43
73	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	401	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
75	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	319	RSS.com	32
77	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
80	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Public Health Joy: Community Power, Health Equity, and Leadership in Action	Dr. Joyee Washington	Science	94	Spotify for Podcasters	62
85	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
87	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
88	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
89	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
90	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
91	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
92	Divergent Minds	Keren MacLennan	Science	10	Acast	89
93	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	123	Blubrry	38
94	The GLaD Podcast	The GLaD Podcast	Science	37	Podbean	52
95	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
96	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
97	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
98	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
100	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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