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 Jun 2025

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06/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 258

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

4. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

5. Stephen Smith (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	1358	Megaphone	58
3	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
6	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
11	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
19	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
21	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
23	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
26	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
37	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
38	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
39	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
40	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
41	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
42	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
45	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
48	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
51	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
52	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
55	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
59	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
60	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
61	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
64	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
66	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
68	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
69	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
70	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
71	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
72	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
73	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
74	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
75	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
76	Forged in Fire: LGBTQ+ Leadership	Forged In Fire	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
79	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
80	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
81	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
82	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2302	Acast	28
83	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
84	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
85	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
86	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
87	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
88	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	141	RSS.com	52
89	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
90	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	29	Buzzsprout	78
92	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
93	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
95	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
96	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
97	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	27	Podbean	31
98	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
99	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
100	🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!	Virtual Brain Health Center	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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