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 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 296

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:51:26

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

5. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (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	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	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	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
18	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	631	Spreaker	53
23	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
24	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
29	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
30	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
31	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
32	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
33	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
34	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
35	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
36	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
37	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
43	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
44	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
46	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
47	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
48	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
49	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
50	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	8	RSS.com	52
52	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
53	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
54	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
55	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	75	Libsyn	58
59	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
60	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
62	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
63	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
64	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
65	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
66	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
67	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
69	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
70	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
71	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
72	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	Never a straight answer	Never a straight answer	Science	334	Spotify for Podcasters	33
74	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79
76	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
78	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
79	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
80	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
81	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
84	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
85	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
86	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
88	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	68	Unknown	43
89	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
90	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
91	Women Making Moves	Amy Pons	Science	172	RSS.com	68
92	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
93	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
94	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
95	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
97	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
98	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
99	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1674	Acast	44
100	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	47

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