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 Jul 2025

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07/01/2025

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Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:09

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. mehdi naji (1 shows)

3. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

4. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

5. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
12	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
32	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
40	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
47	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
48	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
51	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
53	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
55	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
56	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
57	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
59	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
60	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
61	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
62	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
63	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
64	بودكاست نَفْس	نَفْس	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
66	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
67	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
68	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
69	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
71	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
74	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
75	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
77	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
78	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
79	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
80	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
82	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
84	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
85	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
86	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
88	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
89	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
90	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
91	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
92	Goddesses of Social Work Podcast	Renita Ray Davis, LICSW-S, PIP	Science	107	RSS.com	51
93	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
94	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	SUPERFREQ®	Talie — VERY FREQY GIRL	Science	112	RSS.com	73
96	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
97	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
98	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
99	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
100	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	16	Buzzsprout	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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