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 août 2025

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08/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 221

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:52:11

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

5. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	507	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
5	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
40	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
43	ACCESS Division 33	APA Division 33 (IDD/ASD)	Science & Medicine	23	Squarespace	69
44	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
45	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
46	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
47	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
48	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
49	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
50	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
51	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
52	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
53	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
54	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
55	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
57	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
58	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
59	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
60	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
61	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
62	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
64	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
65	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	595	Simplecast	63
66	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
67	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
68	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
69	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
70	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
72	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
73	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
74	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
75	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
76	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
77	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
78	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
79	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
80	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
82	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
84	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
85	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
86	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
87	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
88	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
89	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
90	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
92	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
93	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
94	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
95	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
96	The Three Amygdala	Bill Jenkins; Paul Johnson Jr; Shawn Graham	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
98	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
100	Partners for Advancing Health Equity	Partners for Advancing H.E.	Science	20	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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