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 Sep 2026

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09/28/2026

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Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:50

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC (1 shows)

4. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

5. MJ (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	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	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
28	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
29	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
30	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
33	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
40	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
41	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	84	Libsyn	48
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
43	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
44	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
45	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
46	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
47	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
48	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
49	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
50	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	3	RSS.com	52
51	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
52	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
53	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
54	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	99	Unknown	58
55	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
56	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	72	Libsyn	58
57	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
58	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
59	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
61	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
62	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
63	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
64	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
65	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
67	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
68	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
69	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
70	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
72	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
73	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
74	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
75	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
76	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
77	Brilliantly Wired	Camp On Tour and Maximizing Psychology	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	32
78	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
79	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	14	Captivate	63
80	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
81	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
83	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
84	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
85	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	401	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
88	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
89	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	124	Acast	69
90	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
93	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
94	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
96	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
97	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
98	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
99	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	56	Podbean	52
100	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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