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 09 Apr 2025

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04/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 332

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:30

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

5. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
18	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
26	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	You Won't Forget About Us	Gabby Stoops & Sara Jane	Science	3	Unknown	63
39	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
40	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
42	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
47	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
48	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
49	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
50	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
53	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	Alabaster:A Broken Jar	Paula Sammons	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
56	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
59	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
60	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
61	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
62	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
63	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
64	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
65	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
67	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
68	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
70	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
71	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
73	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
74	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
75	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
76	This Educational Life	Trane	Science	3	Transistor	69
77	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
78	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
79	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
80	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
81	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
82	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
83	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
84	Fortuitous Encounters	Megan Bryant	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
86	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
87	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
88	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
89	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
90	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
91	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
92	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
96	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
97	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
98	EM Weekly Podcast	The Readiness Lab	Science	308	Spreaker	49
99	60 Mindful Minutes	Kristen Manieri	Science	301	Libsyn	83
100	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78

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