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 Mar 2026

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03/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:54:12

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Agoric Media (1 shows)

5. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (14 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
26	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
40	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
47	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
50	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
54	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
55	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
56	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
57	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
58	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	98	Unknown	58
59	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
60	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
61	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
62	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
64	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
66	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
67	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
68	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
70	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
71	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
72	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
73	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
74	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
75	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
76	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
77	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
78	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
79	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
80	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	24	RSS.com	52
83	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
84	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
85	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
86	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	بودكاست مدى الكرمل	عرب 48	Science	25	Podbean	58
88	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
89	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
91	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
94	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
96	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
97	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
98	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
99	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
100	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59

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