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 07 Jun 2025

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06/07/2025

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Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:49

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. FERMONDO (1 shows)

4. Treehouse Sound Inc. (1 shows)

5. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 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	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
9	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
15	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
16	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
38	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
46	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
47	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
49	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
50	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
53	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
54	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
55	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
58	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
59	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
60	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
61	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
62	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
64	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
66	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	27	Podbean	31
67	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
68	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
69	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
70	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
71	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
72	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
73	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
74	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
78	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
79	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
80	The Marrott Mindset	Devon Marrott	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
82	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
83	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
84	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
85	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
86	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
87	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
88	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
90	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
91	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
93	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
94	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
95	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
96	Flip Your Lid with Kim Honeycutt	Kim Honeycutt, MSW, LCSW, CCFC, LCAS	Science	63	Captivate	68
97	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
98	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
99	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
100	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42

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