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 30 Jul 2026

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07/30/2026

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Episodes: 267

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:57

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. Michael Munger (1 shows)

5. Nguyen Doan Minh Thu (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (14 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
22	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
28	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
40	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
41	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
43	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
44	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
46	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
47	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
51	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
52	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
53	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
55	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
56	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
57	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
58	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
59	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
60	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
61	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
62	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
63	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
64	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
65	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
66	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
67	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
68	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	124	Acast	69
69	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
70	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
71	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
72	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
73	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
74	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
77	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
78	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
79	Háblame de Ciencia	Universidad de Guadalajara	Science	102	Audioboom	58
80	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	620	Spreaker	59
81	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
82	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
83	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
85	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
86	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
87	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
88	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
89	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
90	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
91	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
93	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	598	Simplecast	63
94	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
95	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
98	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
99	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
100	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69

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