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 Dec 2025

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12/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:51:01

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

3. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. Alfie Kohn (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
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	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	265	Megaphone	38
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
15	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
21	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
22	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
31	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	201	Buzzsprout	78
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
33	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
34	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
46	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
48	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
49	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
50	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
51	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	509	Substack	53
52	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
53	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
54	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
55	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
56	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
57	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
58	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	150	Blubrry	59
59	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
60	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
61	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
62	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
63	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
67	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
68	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
69	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
71	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
72	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
73	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
74	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	82	Buzzsprout	68
75	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
76	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
77	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
78	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	344	Audioboom	52
79	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
80	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
82	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
83	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
84	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
85	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	The Method to Our Madness	staceymerola	Science	21	Podbean	42
87	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
88	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
89	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
90	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
91	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
92	Cultural Economy in the Kitchen	Philip Roscoe and Addie McGowan	Science	17	RSS.com	72
93	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
94	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
96	Inteligência Emocional • O Podcast	Paulo Moreira	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
99	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	170	Buzzsprout	58
100	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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