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 Nov 2025

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11/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:31

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

3. Yowei Shaw (1 shows)

4. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

5. Social-Engineer, LLC (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
10	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
34	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	Mind You with DK	Dakotah A. Carter	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
45	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
46	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
49	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
50	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
53	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
56	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
59	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
60	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
61	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
62	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
63	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
64	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
67	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	132	Buzzsprout	53
68	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
69	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
70	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
71	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
73	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
74	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
76	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
77	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
78	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
79	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
80	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
81	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
82	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
83	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
84	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
85	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
86	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
87	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
88	The Ties That Bind: Rearming the Alliance	FPRI Eurasia Program	Science	14	Substack	53
89	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
90	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
93	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
94	Be change \| بی‌چنج پادکست	فردای اقتصاد	Science	6	Castbox	32
95	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
97	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
98	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
99	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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