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 Apr 2026

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04/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:53:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Circle Of Insight Productions (1 shows)

4. hotaudiobook.com (1 shows)

5. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
6	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
12	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
17	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	126	Acast	69
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
24	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
37	Seen Out Loud	Institute for Family	Science	17	Buzzsprout	83
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
48	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
52	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
53	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	124	Buzzsprout	48
54	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
55	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
56	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
57	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	109	Spreaker	38
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
60	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
62	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
63	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
64	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
66	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
67	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
68	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
69	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
70	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Creative Adventures	Rosa Lewis	Science	22	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	66	Unknown	43
73	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
74	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	Radicals for Good	Radicals for Good	Science	14	Substack	79
77	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
78	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
79	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
80	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
81	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
82	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	941	Libsyn	49
83	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
84	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
86	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	170	Buzzsprout	58
87	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
88	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
89	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
90	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
91	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
92	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
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	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
96	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
97	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
98	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
99	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	610	Spreaker	33
100	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	105	Spotify for Podcasters	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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