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 Oct 2025

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10/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 289

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:50:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

4. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

5. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
7	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	265	Megaphone	38
9	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
21	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
26	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
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	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
40	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
41	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
44	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
50	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
51	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
53	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
55	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
56	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
57	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
58	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
59	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
60	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
62	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
63	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	172	Buzzsprout	48
66	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
67	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
69	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
70	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
72	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
73	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
74	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	485	Audioboom	63
75	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
76	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
77	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Queens of Social Work Details temporarily unavailable	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
82	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
84	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
85	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
86	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
88	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	509	Substack	53
89	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
90	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
92	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
93	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2288	Acast	28
94	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
96	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	941	Libsyn	49
97	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
98	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
99	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
100	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	14	Captivate	63

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