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 28 Jan 2026

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01/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 311

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:53:30

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	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	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
17	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
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	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
28	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
33	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
34	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
35	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
38	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
42	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
43	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
49	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
50	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
53	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
54	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
55	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
56	X侦探｜儿童侦探故事｜三分钟破案	静静流过	Science	325	Ximalaya	49
57	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	56	Podbean	52
58	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
59	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
61	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
62	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
63	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
66	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
67	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
68	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
69	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
70	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
71	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
73	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
74	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
76	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
78	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
79	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
80	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
81	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
83	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
84	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
86	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
87	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
88	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
89	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
90	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
91	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
92	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
93	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
96	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
97	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
98	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
99	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28

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