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 Oct 2025

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10/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 253

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:52:03

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Sage Publications (1 shows)

4. VoxTalks (1 shows)

5. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (17 shows)

2. Libsyn (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
10	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
22	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
33	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
34	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
38	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
40	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
44	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
47	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
48	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
49	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
54	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
60	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
61	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
62	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
63	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
64	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
65	The Upstander Ripple Effect	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	40	Buzzsprout	58
66	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
67	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
68	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
69	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
70	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
71	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
73	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	145	Buzzsprout	57
74	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
76	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
77	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
81	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
82	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
84	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
85	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
87	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
90	The Stress Puzzle	Dr. Ryan L. Brown and the UCSF Stress Measurement Network	Science	20	Libsyn	68
91	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	26	Podbean	31
92	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
93	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
96	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
97	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
98	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
99	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
100	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38

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