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 13 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:29

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

4. Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne) (1 shows)

5. Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	569	Simplecast	53
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1121	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	33
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	102	N/A	N/A
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Y3 Productions	Science	31	Libsyn	63
6	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	274	Unknown	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	275	Blubrry Podcasting	33
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Science	88	Megaphone	63
9	Cosmosis [Formerly The UFO Rabbit Hole]	Kelly Chase & Jay Christopher King	Science	79	Simplecast	63
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	181	Simplecast	52
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	469	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	956	Audioboom	48
14	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	291	PRX	59
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO and Lore Interviews	Podcast Audio House	Science	240	Spreaker	59
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	335	Audioboom	63
17	Drilled	Critical Frequency	Science	250	Megaphone	69
18	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	707	Acast	59
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	157	Buzzsprout	42
20	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Science	120	Libsyn	58
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1024	PRX	69
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	255	Libsyn	58
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	192	Captivate	38
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	154	Unknown	43
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	542	Libsyn	63
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	131	Libsyn	63
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2010	Megaphone	53
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	172	Libsyn	53
29	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	137	Blubrry	49
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	100	Megaphone	48
31	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	116	Acast	42
32	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	33	Libsyn	52
33	The Answer Is Transaction Costs	Michael Munger	Science	59	Buzzsprout	48
34	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	43
36	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	4	Blubrry	64
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	65	Libsyn	68
39	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	309	Libsyn	52
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	103	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	298	Libsyn	43
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	36	Buzzsprout	57
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	391	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	268	Unknown	39
47	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	94	Podbean	47
48	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
49	The Black Vault Radio - Hosted by John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	63
50	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	96	Podbean	58
52	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	552	Libsyn	42
53	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	54	Megaphone	59
54	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	litpsych	Science	273	Podbean	37
55	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
56	Statistics Made Simple	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	53	Captivate	53
58	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast	James Morris	Science	25	Buzzsprout	57
59	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	7	Libsyn	62
60	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	440	Substack	59
62	The Medical Mind	American Psychiatric Association	Science	67	Libsyn	49
63	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	65	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	172	Buzzsprout	78
65	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	178	lizhi.fm	38
67	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	62
68	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	123	Fireside	48
69	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
70	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	208	Buzzsprout	68
72	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	1349	Megaphone	69
74	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	300	Blubrry Podcasting	43
75	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	42	Podbean	48
76	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
78	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	496	Podbean	57
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	63	Libsyn	63
82	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	64	Buzzsprout	83
84	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	14	Podbean	47
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1637	Libsyn	62
86	Work Trends RU	Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University	Science	5	Blubrry	49
87	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
88	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	58
89	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	140	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	283	Buzzsprout	52
91	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	100	Libsyn	59
92	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
94	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	126	Buzzsprout	58
95	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	81	Substack	49
98	The Science of Personality Podcast	Hogan Assessments	Science	158	Buzzsprout	27
99	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	742	Megaphone	53
100	Psychology	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A

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