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 Sep 2025

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09/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 256

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:59

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Alfie Kohn (1 shows)

4. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

5. KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
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	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
14	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
22	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
26	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
28	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
38	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
43	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
44	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
52	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
53	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
54	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
55	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
56	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
57	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
58	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
59	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
60	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
62	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
63	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
67	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
69	Can I Run Something By You?	Stephanie	Science	9	Buzzsprout	38
70	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
71	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
74	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
76	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
77	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
78	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
79	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
80	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
81	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68
82	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
84	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
85	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
86	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
87	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
88	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
89	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
90	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
92	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
93	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
94	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
95	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
96	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
97	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
99	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
100	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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