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 oct. 2025

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10/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:49:58

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Indre Viskontas (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. mehdi naji (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 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	711	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	938	Megaphone	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
18	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
29	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
30	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	339	Libsyn	47
33	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
40	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
42	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
45	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
46	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
49	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
51	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
54	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
55	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
56	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
57	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
60	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
61	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
62	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
63	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
64	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
65	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
66	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
67	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
68	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
69	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
70	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
71	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
72	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
73	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
74	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
77	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
79	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
81	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
82	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	655	Simplecast	63
84	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
85	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
86	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
87	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
88	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
89	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
90	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
91	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
92	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
93	Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind	Indre Viskontas	Science	50	Zencastr	17
94	Partnership Connections	sbrajer	Science	20	Podbean	53
95	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
96	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
97	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Because Language	Daniel Midgley	Science & Medicine	4	Unknown	43
99	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
100	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53

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