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 Aug 2025

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08/09/2025

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Episodes: 244

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:50:06

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Kelly Chase (2 shows)

4. 8th Kind (1 shows)

5. Michael Munger (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
25	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
39	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
40	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
44	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
45	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
46	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
50	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
51	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
52	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
53	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
54	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
58	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
59	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
60	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
61	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
62	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
64	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
65	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
66	The Rabbit Hole Conversations	Kelly Chase	Science	4	Spreaker	79
67	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
68	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
69	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
70	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
71	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
72	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
73	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
74	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
75	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
76	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
77	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
78	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
80	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
81	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
83	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
84	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
85	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
86	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
87	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
88	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
90	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
91	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
93	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
96	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
97	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
98	The Science of Personality Podcast	Hogan Assessments	Science	188	Buzzsprout	27
99	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
100	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	133	Buzzsprout	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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