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 29 Apr 2026

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04/29/2026

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Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:55:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

3. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

4. Hogan Assessments (1 shows)

5. APsA American Psychoanalytic Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
20	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
26	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
34	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
35	The Brain Blown Podcast	The Brain Blown Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Seen Out Loud	Institute for Family	Science	17	Buzzsprout	83
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
45	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
46	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
49	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
55	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
56	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
59	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
60	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
64	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
66	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
67	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
68	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
69	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
70	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
71	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
72	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
76	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
77	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
78	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
81	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
82	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
83	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
84	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
86	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
87	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
88	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
90	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
91	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
93	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
94	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
96	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
97	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
98	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
99	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
100	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49

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