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 10 May 2025

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05/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (4 shows)

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

4. John Greenewald, Jr. (1 shows)

5. Jason Carpenter (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
39	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
40	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
44	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
47	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
48	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
50	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
51	Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region	East-West Gateway	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
53	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
55	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
56	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
60	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
61	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
62	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
63	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
64	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
66	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	47
67	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
68	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
69	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
72	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
73	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
74	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
77	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
78	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
79	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
82	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
83	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
84	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
85	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
86	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
87	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
88	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
89	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
91	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
92	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
94	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
96	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
97	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
98	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
100	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49

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