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 Oct 2026

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10/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:57

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Mises Institute (2 shows)

3. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

4. Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe (1 shows)

5. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	547	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	345	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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
17	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
24	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
36	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
37	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	47
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
40	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	75	Libsyn	58
41	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
42	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
43	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
44	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
45	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
46	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
47	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
48	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
49	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
50	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
51	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
52	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
54	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
55	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
56	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
58	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
59	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
61	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
62	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	115	Spreaker	38
63	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	235	Spreaker	53
65	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
66	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
67	複心瀚	Ben	Science	38	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1674	Acast	44
69	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
70	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
72	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
73	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
74	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
75	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
76	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	Bridging the Gap: Implementation Science in Action	National Implementation Research Network	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
81	Why Government Schools Don’t Want You to Understand Economics: Mises Circle in Greenville Details temporarily unavailable	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
82	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
83	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
84	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
85	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
86	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
88	البودكاست النفسي	Abdullah almani	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
90	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
91	Cooperative Journal	Hosted by Ebony Joy	Science	42	RedCircle	53
92	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
93	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
94	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
96	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
97	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
99	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
100	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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