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 Oct 2025

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10/03/2025

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Episodes: 264

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:51:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (14 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
7	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	270	Megaphone	38
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
11	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
22	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
23	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
29	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
31	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
32	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
46	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
47	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
49	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
52	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
53	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
54	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
55	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
56	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
57	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
58	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	172	Buzzsprout	48
59	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
61	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
65	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
67	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
68	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
69	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
71	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
73	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
74	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	52	Blubrry	38
75	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
77	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
78	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
79	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	345	Audioboom	52
81	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
82	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
83	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
84	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
85	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
87	Queens of Social Work Details temporarily unavailable	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
88	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
89	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	147	Substack	43
90	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
92	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
93	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
94	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
95	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
96	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	Master the Discourse	Dr. Lorelei Walker	Science	3	RSS.com	58
98	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1668	Acast	44

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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