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 Sep 2025

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09/08/2025

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Episodes: 231

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:34

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof (1 shows)

5. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	522	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	259	Megaphone	38
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	30	PRX	69
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	303	Libsyn	52
22	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	66	Podbean	31
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
40	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
41	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
45	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
46	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
49	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
55	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
57	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
58	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
59	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
60	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
64	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
65	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
66	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
67	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
68	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
69	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
70	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
71	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
72	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
73	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
74	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
76	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
77	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
79	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
80	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
82	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
83	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
84	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
86	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
87	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
88	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
89	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
91	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
92	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
93	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
94	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
96	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
97	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
98	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
99	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
100	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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