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 01 May 2025

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05/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 236

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

5. 8th Kind (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
15	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
19	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
23	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
41	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
47	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
48	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
49	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
50	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
52	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
53	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
55	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
56	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
59	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
60	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
61	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
62	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
64	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
66	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
67	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
68	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
69	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
70	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
72	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
73	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
75	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
76	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
77	In Common	The In Common Team	Science	245	Podbean	42
78	Esprit de justice Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
79	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
80	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
81	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	621	Spreaker	59
83	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
84	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
85	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
86	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
87	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
88	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
89	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
90	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
91	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
92	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49
93	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
95	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
96	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
97	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
98	BT Focus	Centria Autism	Science	60	Captivate	73
99	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
100	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58

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