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 Aug 2026

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08/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 321

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:07

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (11 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
28	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
33	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
34	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
37	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
42	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
43	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
44	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
48	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
49	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
50	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
51	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
52	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
53	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
54	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
55	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
56	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
57	作伙來想社會	臺灣社會學刊	Science	9	Firstory	63
58	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
59	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
60	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
61	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
62	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
63	The Psychobabble BCBAs	Psychobabble BCBAs	Science	4	Podbean	63
64	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
65	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
66	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
67	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
68	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
69	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
72	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
74	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
75	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
76	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
77	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
78	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
80	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
81	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
82	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
83	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
84	Research Matters Podcast	Jason Luoma, Ph.D.	Science	28	Libsyn	48
85	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	293	Podbean	52
86	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
90	柏拉图《理想国》朗读解读	远听山声	Science & Medicine	312	Ximalaya	49
91	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
92	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
93	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
94	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
95	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
96	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
98	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
99	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59

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