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 Sep 2025

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09/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 261

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:51:14

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

3. Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery (1 shows)

4. Sucheta Kamath (1 shows)

5. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	252	Megaphone	38
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
20	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
29	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
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	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
40	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
41	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
42	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
48	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
49	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
50	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
53	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
54	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
58	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
59	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
60	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
61	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
63	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
65	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
70	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
72	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
73	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
76	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
77	Sustain What?	Andy @Revkin	Science	109	Substack	59
78	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	35	Buzzsprout	83
79	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
80	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
81	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
82	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
83	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
84	No Need to Strain Your Eyes, Let Your Ears Do the Reading With Full Audiobook \| Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	Free Audiobook	Science	2000	Unknown	59
85	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
86	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
87	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
88	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
89	Can I Run Something By You?	Stephanie	Science	9	Buzzsprout	38
90	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	620	Spreaker	59
91	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
92	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	424	Audioboom	38
93	社会心理学\|每天6分钟学点心理学	22点半	Science	25	Ximalaya	59
94	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
95	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
97	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
98	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
99	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59

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