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 Nov 2025

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11/07/2025

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Episodes: 269

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D. (1 shows)

4. Stanford Center on Longevity (1 shows)

5. James Morris (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	182	Simplecast	73
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
6	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
7	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
8	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
13	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
14	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	289	Megaphone	38
20	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	271	Omny Studio	69
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
24	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
33	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
37	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
43	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
46	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
50	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
53	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
54	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
55	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
56	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
60	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
61	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
62	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
63	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
64	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
65	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
66	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
67	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
68	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
70	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
71	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Mind You with DK	Dakotah A. Carter	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
74	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
76	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
77	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
78	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
79	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
81	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	96	Unknown	52
82	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
83	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
84	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
85	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
86	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	80	Libsyn	68
87	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
88	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
89	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2312	Acast	28
90	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
91	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
92	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
93	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
94	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
95	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
96	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
97	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	83	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
100	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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