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 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:05

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Agoric Media (1 shows)

3. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

4. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

5. Patricia Martin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (11 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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
18	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
35	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
38	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
39	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
41	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
48	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
50	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
51	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
52	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
53	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
54	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
55	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
56	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
57	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
58	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
59	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	4	Podbean	63
60	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
62	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
63	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
64	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
66	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
67	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
68	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
69	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
70	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
71	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
72	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	59	Buzzsprout	27
74	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
75	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
76	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
77	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
78	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
79	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
80	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
82	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
83	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
86	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	بودكاست المنارة \| Beacon podcast	المنارة	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	31
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
90	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
91	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	UFO? UAP? WTF? — a UFO podcast	Rogue Planet	Science	130	Captivate	32
93	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
94	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
95	Exploring Fear	Louis Allan	Science	7	Pinecast	59
96	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
97	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
98	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
100	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58

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