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 Oct 2025

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10/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:50:37

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

4. FERMONDO (1 shows)

5. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	265	Megaphone	38
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
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	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
21	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
24	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	331	Podbean	37
25	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
31	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	67	Podbean	31
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
40	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
45	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
51	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
55	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
56	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
57	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
58	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
60	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
65	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	172	Buzzsprout	48
66	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	509	Substack	53
68	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
69	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
70	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
71	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
72	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	485	Audioboom	63
74	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
75	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
76	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
79	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
80	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
81	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
82	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
83	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
84	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	141	RSS.com	52
85	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
86	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
87	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
89	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
91	Memingless	Memingless	Science	59	RSS.com	52
92	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
93	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
94	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
95	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
96	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
97	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
98	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
99	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	95	Unknown	52
100	Look at the Material	Brooklen Farley	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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