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 05 Apr 2025

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04/05/2025

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Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:23

Top 5 authors

1. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D. (1 shows)

5. Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
14	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
15	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
16	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
20	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
28	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
37	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
42	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
49	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
50	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
51	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
52	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
54	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
57	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
59	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
60	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	21	Libsyn	57
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
62	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
63	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
64	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
66	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
67	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
68	Enneagram Type 9	Joel Hubbard and Jim Zartman	Science	11	Buzzsprout	38
69	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
71	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
72	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
73	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
74	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
75	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
76	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
77	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
78	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
79	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
80	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
81	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
82	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	71	Podbean	42
83	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
84	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
85	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
87	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
89	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
90	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
91	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
92	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
93	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
94	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
95	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
96	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	95	Unknown	52
97	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
98	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
99	Fortuitous Encounters	Megan Bryant	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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