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 Jun 2026

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06/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:51:28

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

5. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
8	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
19	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
21	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
30	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
31	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
37	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
40	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
47	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
49	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
52	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
53	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
55	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
56	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
57	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
58	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
60	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
62	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
63	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
64	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
66	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
69	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	104	Spreaker	38
72	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
74	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
75	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
76	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
77	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
78	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
79	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
80	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
81	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
82	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	641	Megaphone	53
83	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
84	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
85	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
86	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
88	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
89	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
90	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
91	Canadian Positive Psychology Podcast	Canadian Positive Psychology Association	Science	3	RSS.com	62
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
94	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
95	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
96	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
97	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
98	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
100	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68

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