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 Oct 2025

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10/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:51:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. FERMONDO (1 shows)

4. Dr. Shiri (1 shows)

5. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
9	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
26	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
27	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
34	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
43	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
44	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
47	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
48	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
49	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
51	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
52	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
53	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
56	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
57	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
58	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
59	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
60	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
61	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
62	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
64	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
66	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
69	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
70	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
72	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
73	The Upstander Ripple Effect	The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center	Science	40	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
75	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
76	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
77	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
78	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
80	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
82	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
83	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
84	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
85	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	26	Podbean	31
86	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
87	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
88	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
89	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
90	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
92	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
93	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
94	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
95	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
96	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
97	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
98	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
99	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
100	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69

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