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 Sep 2025

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09/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 247

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

5. Hogan Assessments (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	521	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	258	Megaphone	38
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1123	Audioboom	48
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
16	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	950	Megaphone	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	76	Megaphone	53
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	275	Omny Studio	63
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
24	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	147	Blubrry	59
36	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
44	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
47	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
48	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	319	Libsyn	38
50	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
52	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
53	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
54	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
55	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
56	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
57	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
58	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
59	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
60	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
61	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
62	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
63	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
65	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
67	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
68	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
70	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
71	State of Mind with Debra Sloss	Debra Sloss	Science	93	Unknown	52
72	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
73	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
74	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2278	Acast	28
75	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
76	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
79	The Emic - Anthropological stories from the field	Roanne van Voorst, PhD. Dr. Anthropologist	Science	19	Libsyn	52
80	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
83	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
84	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
86	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
87	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
88	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
89	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
90	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
91	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
92	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
94	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	145	Buzzsprout	57
95	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
96	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
97	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
98	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
99	My Third Eye Podcast	M3E Media	Science	337	RedCircle	58
100	Sage Political Science & International Relations	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	135	Libsyn	38

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