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 Sep 2026

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09/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 276

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:18

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

4. The Skeptic (1 shows)

5. Matthew Wilkin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	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	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
29	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
30	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
35	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
36	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
39	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
43	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
45	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
46	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
49	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
50	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
54	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2273	Acast	28
55	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
58	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	84	Libsyn	48
59	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
60	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
61	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
62	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
63	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
64	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
65	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
66	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58
67	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
69	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
70	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
71	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	14	Captivate	63
72	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
73	Mind The Tax with Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson	Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson	Science	6	RSS.com	68
74	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
75	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
77	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
78	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
80	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
81	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
82	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
83	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
84	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
85	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
86	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	296	Podbean	52
87	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
88	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
89	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
90	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
92	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
93	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	199	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
95	The Colour Connection	Kate Harrison	Science	6	Buzzsprout	73
96	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
97	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
98	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
99	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
100	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48

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