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 08 Apr 2025

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04/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 253

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:46:30

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Kelly Chase (2 shows)

5. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
16	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
23	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
26	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
35	Alabaster:A Broken Jar	Paula Sammons	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
40	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
41	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
42	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
43	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
44	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
45	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
46	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
49	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
50	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
51	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
52	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
54	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
57	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
59	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
60	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
61	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
62	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
63	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
64	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
65	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
66	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
67	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
68	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
69	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
70	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
72	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
73	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
74	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
75	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
76	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
78	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
79	The Rabbit Hole Conversations	Kelly Chase	Science	4	Spreaker	79
80	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
81	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
82	La Venezuela que nos Merecemos	Rafael Chavero	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
85	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
86	Who We Are & What We Need	Catherine Quiring	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
87	One Change in the World	Academics	Society & Culture	185	Unknown	43
88	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
89	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
90	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
91	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
92	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
93	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
94	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
95	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
98	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
99	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
100	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78

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