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 Dec 2025

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12/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 293

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:51:29

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

4. PersianBMS (2 shows)

5. National Children's Alliance (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	522	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
5	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
6	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
13	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	259	Megaphone	38
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
19	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	30	PRX	69
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	303	Libsyn	52
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
35	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
40	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
41	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
42	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
43	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
44	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
47	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
48	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
50	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
51	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
52	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
53	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
54	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
55	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	66	Podbean	31
56	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
58	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
60	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
61	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
63	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
65	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
67	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
68	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
69	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
70	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
72	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
73	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
74	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
75	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
76	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
77	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
78	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
79	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
80	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
81	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
82	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
83	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
84	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
86	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
87	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
88	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
89	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
90	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Yek Goftegooye Sadeh \| پادکست یک گفتگوی ساده	PersianBMS	Science	240	Transistor	48
92	My UFO Story	My UFO Story Presents	Science	5	Acast	73
93	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	43	Podigee	79
94	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
95	Psychoanalysis and Addiction	Graeme Daniels	Science	131	Buzzsprout	52
96	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
97	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
98	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
99	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
100	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69

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