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 04 May 2025

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05/04/2025

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Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:44:03

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Merseyside Skeptics Society (1 shows)

4. احمد صديق پور (1 shows)

5. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
17	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
36	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
37	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
39	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
45	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
46	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
53	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
54	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
55	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
56	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
57	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	47
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
60	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
61	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
62	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
64	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
66	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
67	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
68	Drug Cultures	Unquantifiable Creations	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
70	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
71	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
72	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
73	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
75	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
76	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69
77	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
78	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
81	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
82	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
84	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
85	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
86	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
88	Low Tech Podcast – Low Technology Institute	Low Technology Institute	Science & Medicine	82	Unknown	38
89	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	This View of Life	This View of Life	Science	60	Libsyn	53
91	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
93	Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region	East-West Gateway	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
96	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	613	Spreaker	33
97	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
98	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
99	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar	Science	100	Libsyn	47
100	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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