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 Oct 2025

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10/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:50:48

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

3. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

4. Vicki Shevlin (1 shows)

5. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (14 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
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	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	255	Megaphone	38
9	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
16	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
23	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
24	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
29	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
35	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
41	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
42	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
43	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
45	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
46	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
49	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
50	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
51	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
52	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
53	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
54	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
60	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
61	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
62	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
64	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
65	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
66	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
67	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
68	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
69	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
70	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
71	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	143	Substack	43
72	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
73	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
74	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
75	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
77	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
78	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
80	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
81	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
82	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
85	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
86	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
87	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
89	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
90	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
91	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
92	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
93	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
94	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
95	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
96	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
97	Great Talks at American Philosophical Society	American Philosophical Society	Science	9	Simplecast	58
98	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
100	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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