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 Jul 2025

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07/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 264

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:53:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (1 shows)

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. David B. Feldman - psychology | social science | politics | mental health (1 shows)

5. John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
17	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
30	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
39	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
46	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
47	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
50	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
51	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
53	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
55	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
56	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
57	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
58	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
59	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
60	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
62	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
63	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
64	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
66	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
67	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
68	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
69	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
70	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
72	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
74	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
75	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
76	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
77	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
78	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
79	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
80	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	راه حل های صبور	محمدحسین صبور	Science	25	Castbox	38
82	The Northstar Method	Northstar Performance Psychology	Science	8	RSS.com	73
83	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
84	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
85	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
87	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
88	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
89	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
90	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
94	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
96	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
97	Dr. thOTs	Dr. thOTs	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	BE GOOD!	Ipsos	Science	53	Ausha	43
99	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
100	Sherlock Homeboy - The American Sherlock Holmes	Marlawn Heavenly VII	Science	277	Spreaker	49

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