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 Sep 2025

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09/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 230

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:30

Top 5 authors

1. Owen Fitzpatrick (1 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (1 shows)

4. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

5. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Megaphone (6 shows)

5. Unknown (6 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	1336	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	244	Megaphone	38
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
13	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
26	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
27	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
38	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
39	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
40	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
41	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
43	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
44	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
45	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
46	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
48	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
49	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
50	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
52	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
53	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
54	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
56	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
57	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
58	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
59	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
60	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
62	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
64	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
66	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
67	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
68	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
69	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
70	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
71	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
72	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
73	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
74	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
75	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
77	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
79	THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST	Connor Whiteley	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
81	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
82	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
83	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
85	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
86	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
87	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
88	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
90	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
91	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
92	In Other Words	Tyler Smith	Science	7	Buzzsprout	63
93	Urban Radar	Sheffield Urbanism	Science	33	Buzzsprout	63
94	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
95	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
97	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
98	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
99	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
100	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42

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