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 Dec 2025

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12/08/2025

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Episodes: 292

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:52:42

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

4. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

5. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
7	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
13	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
21	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
22	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
34	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
43	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
47	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
48	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
52	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
53	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
55	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
58	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
59	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
60	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
61	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
62	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
63	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
64	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
67	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
68	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
69	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
70	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
72	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
74	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
75	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
76	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
77	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
78	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
80	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
81	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
83	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
84	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
85	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
86	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
87	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
88	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
90	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
91	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
92	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68
93	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
95	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
96	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
97	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
98	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
100	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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