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 Aug 2025

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08/08/2025

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Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:46

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Hogan Assessments (2 shows)

4. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
36	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
38	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
47	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
48	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
50	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
51	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
53	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
54	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
57	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
58	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
59	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
60	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
63	The Science of Personality Podcast	Hogan Assessments	Science	188	Buzzsprout	27
64	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
65	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
66	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
67	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
71	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
73	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
74	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
75	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
77	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
80	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
81	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
82	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
83	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
84	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	598	Simplecast	63
85	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
86	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
87	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
88	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
89	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
90	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
92	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
93	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68
94	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
95	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
96	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
97	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
99	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
100	Secret Grasp Paranormal Podcast	Secret Grasp Paranormal Podcast	Science	49	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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