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 03 Jun 2025

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06/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:47:12

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

3. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

4. Anthrocurious, LLC (1 shows)

5. Duke World Food Policy Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
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	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
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	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
30	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
38	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
41	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
42	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
43	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
44	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
47	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
49	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
50	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
52	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
53	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
55	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	159	Buzzsprout	58
56	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
58	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
59	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
60	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
61	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
62	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
64	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
67	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
68	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
69	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
70	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
71	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
72	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
73	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
74	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
75	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
77	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
78	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
83	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
84	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	294	Podbean	52
86	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
89	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
90	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
91	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
92	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
93	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
94	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	55	Podbean	52
95	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
96	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
97	Specimen the Sociologist	Jessamyn Reichmann	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
99	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
100	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27

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