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 Sep 2026

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09/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 293

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:45

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (1 shows)

4. Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof (1 shows)

5. VoxTalks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	714	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	518	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	1123	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	948	Megaphone	63
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	76	Megaphone	53
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	614	Simplecast	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
36	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
37	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	624	Simplecast	69
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
42	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
43	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
45	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
46	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
49	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
53	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
54	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
55	The X Stream - On Demand!	Margie Kay	Science	497	Spreaker	59
56	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
57	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	42	Podigee	79
58	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
59	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
60	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
61	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
62	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	91	Simplecast	69
63	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	199	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1494	Libsyn	57
65	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	147	Blubrry	59
66	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
67	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
68	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
69	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
70	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	606	Simplecast	69
71	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
72	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
73	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
74	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
75	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
76	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	595	Simplecast	53
77	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
78	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
79	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
80	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
81	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2011	Acast	28
82	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	655	Simplecast	63
84	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	85	Libsyn	48
85	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
86	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
87	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
88	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
90	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
91	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
92	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Sociology for Dark Times	Sanjiv Gupta	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
96	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
97	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
99	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
100	Promise Hill \| Renew Your Mind. Change Your Story \| Christian Fiction + Soul Care Podcast	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor	Science	13	Ausha	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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