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 Aug 2025

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08/02/2025

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Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:49:12

Top 5 authors

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

2. mehdi naji (1 shows)

3. Sucheta Kamath (1 shows)

4. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (1 shows)

5. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Unknown (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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
21	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
33	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
40	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
49	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
53	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
54	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
55	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
56	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
57	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
60	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
62	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
63	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
64	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
65	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
66	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
67	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
68	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
69	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
70	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
71	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
72	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
73	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
74	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
75	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
78	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
79	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
81	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
83	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
84	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
85	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
86	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
88	ACCESS Division 33	APA Division 33 (IDD/ASD)	Science & Medicine	23	Squarespace	69
89	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
90	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
91	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
92	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
93	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
94	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
95	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
97	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
98	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
99	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
100	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53

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