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 May 2025

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05/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 305

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. SAPIENS (1 shows)

5. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
35	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
36	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
37	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
38	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
44	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
48	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
49	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
50	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
51	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
54	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
57	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
58	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
59	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
60	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
61	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
62	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
63	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
64	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
65	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
66	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
68	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
69	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
70	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
72	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
73	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
74	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	293	Podbean	52
76	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
78	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
79	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
80	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
81	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
82	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
83	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
84	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
87	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
88	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
89	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
90	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
91	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
94	بوفه حقوق	Namaashoum Production - نماشوم	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
96	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
97	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
98	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
99	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
100	Not My Type Enneagram	Jack Houser	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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