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 Jul 2026

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07/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 271

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (3 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Marcel Tassara, PhD (1 shows)

5. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1118	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	339	Libsyn	47
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	74	Megaphone	53
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
29	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
30	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	319	Libsyn	38
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
41	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
42	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
45	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	948	Libsyn	49
48	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
49	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
50	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
51	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
52	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
53	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
54	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
56	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
57	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home	Emily Post	Science	57	Spreaker	43
60	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
62	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
64	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
65	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
66	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
67	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	653	Simplecast	63
68	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
69	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
70	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
71	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
72	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
73	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
76	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
77	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
78	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	595	Simplecast	63
79	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
80	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
81	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
82	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
83	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
85	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
86	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	624	Simplecast	69
87	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
89	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2260	Acast	28
90	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
91	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	605	Simplecast	73
92	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
93	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
94	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
95	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
97	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
98	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
99	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
100	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53

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