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 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

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Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:48

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

4. Deborah Griffiths (1 shows)

5. American Economic Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (17 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	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	358	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
17	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
22	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
24	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
30	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
31	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
33	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
36	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
37	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
38	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
39	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
40	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
41	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
44	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	115	Spreaker	38
45	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
46	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
47	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
48	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
49	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
50	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
51	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
52	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
53	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
54	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
55	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
56	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
57	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
58	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	8	RSS.com	52
59	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
61	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
62	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
63	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
64	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
66	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
67	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
68	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
70	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
71	Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce \| Post Divorce Life	Deborah Griffiths	Science	101	Buzzsprout	53
72	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
73	The re.think Podcast	Dr. David Zierk	Science	37	Podbean	52
74	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
75	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
76	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
80	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
81	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
83	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
85	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
86	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	75	Libsyn	58
88	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
90	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
91	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
92	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
93	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
94	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
96	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	BE GOOD!	Ipsos	Science	53	Ausha	43
98	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	《金花的秘密》	读叔叔的外星人	Science	17	Ximalaya	59

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