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 sept. 2025

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09/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 219

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:48:26

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Aporia Magazine (1 shows)

3. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

4. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	1336	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	244	Megaphone	38
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
20	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
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	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
36	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
38	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
39	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
42	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
43	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
44	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
46	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
47	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
50	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
51	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
56	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
57	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
58	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
59	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
60	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
61	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
62	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
63	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
66	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
67	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
68	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
69	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
70	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
71	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
72	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
74	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
75	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
77	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
78	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
81	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
82	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
84	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
85	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
87	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	26	Captivate	68
88	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
89	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
90	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
92	In Other Words	Tyler Smith	Science	7	Buzzsprout	63
93	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
94	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
95	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
100	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48

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