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 02 Jun 2025

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06/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Kelly Chase (2 shows)

3. PersianBMS (2 shows)

4. Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth (1 shows)

5. Ashley Hamer Pritchard (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
11	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
18	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
21	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
22	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
33	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
45	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
46	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
50	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
53	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
54	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	294	Podbean	52
55	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
56	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
57	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
58	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
59	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
60	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
64	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
65	The Rabbit Hole Conversations	Kelly Chase	Science	4	Spreaker	79
66	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
67	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
68	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
69	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
70	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
71	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
72	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
73	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
74	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
75	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
76	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
77	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
78	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
79	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
80	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
81	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
82	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
83	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	159	Buzzsprout	58
84	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	The Wheel	Collegium Student Fellows and Staff	Science	17	RSS.com	32
86	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
87	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Degrowth Audiobook	Degrowth community	Science & Medicine	100	Unknown	38
89	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
90	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
91	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
93	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
94	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
95	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
96	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
97	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
99	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
100	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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