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 06 Aug 2025

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08/06/2025

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Episodes: 235

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:32

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Richard Saunders (1 shows)

4. احمد صديق پور (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
11	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
27	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
34	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
35	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
38	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
44	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
48	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
49	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
54	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
56	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
59	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
62	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
63	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
65	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
66	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
67	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
69	Forged in Fire: LGBTQ+ Leadership	Forged In Fire	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	You Are Here	Charlie Hunt	Science	17	Substack	49
71	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
72	NOT A THING	NOT A THING	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
74	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
75	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
76	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	ACCESS Division 33	APA Division 33 (IDD/ASD)	Science & Medicine	23	Squarespace	69
79	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
80	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
81	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
82	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
83	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
84	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
86	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
87	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
89	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
93	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	235	Spreaker	53
94	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
95	SUPERFREQ®	Talie — VERY FREQY GIRL	Science	112	RSS.com	73
96	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
97	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
98	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
99	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
100	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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