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 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 223

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. Study Notes ABA, LLC (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
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	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
12	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
23	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
24	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
25	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
31	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
32	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	348	Audioboom	52
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
34	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
35	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
36	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
37	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47
38	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
40	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
41	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
42	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
43	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
44	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
53	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
54	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
55	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
56	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
57	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
59	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
60	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
62	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
63	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
64	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	STRANGE MIND PODCAST	Dr. Amy Buesing and Liz Kroll	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
68	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
69	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
70	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
72	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
73	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	115	Spreaker	38
76	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
77	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
78	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
79	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
80	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
82	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
83	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
84	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
85	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
87	The Evolving Behavior Analyst	The Society for the Expansion of Behavior Analysis	Science	8	Unknown	32
88	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
89	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	8	RSS.com	52
90	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
91	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
92	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
93	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
94	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	6	RedCircle	59
95	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
96	Let's Talk Development	Consortium for Development Policy Research	Science	44	RSS.com	52
97	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
98	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
100	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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