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 Sep 2025

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09/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:48:22

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Rob Gray (1 shows)

3. Dr. Daniel W Cox (1 shows)

4. Shona Vertue (1 shows)

5. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	242	Megaphone	38
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
16	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
38	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
40	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
41	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
46	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
47	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
48	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
49	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
50	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
51	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
52	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
53	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
54	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
55	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
59	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
62	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
63	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	In Other Words	Tyler Smith	Science	7	Buzzsprout	63
65	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
66	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
67	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
68	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
69	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
71	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
72	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
75	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
76	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
79	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
80	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
81	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
82	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
83	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2258	Acast	28
84	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
86	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
87	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
88	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
89	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
90	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
91	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
93	Short Talks from the Hill	University of Arkansas	Science	109	Captivate	48
95	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
99	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
100	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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