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 août 2025

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08/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 269

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:51:24

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. John Templeton Foundation (1 shows)

3. The Autistic VOICE Project (1 shows)

4. Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker (1 shows)

5. APsA American Psychoanalytic Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
5	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
30	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
37	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
40	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
41	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
42	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
46	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
47	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
48	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
51	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
52	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
53	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
54	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
55	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
56	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
57	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
58	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
59	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
63	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
64	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
65	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
66	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
67	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
72	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
73	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
74	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
75	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
76	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
77	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
78	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
79	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
80	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
81	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
82	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
83	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
84	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
85	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
87	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
89	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
91	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
92	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Más Allá del Dato con Raúl Figueroa	Raúl Figueroa Rodríguez	Science	16	Buzzsprout	68
95	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
97	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
98	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
99	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37

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