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 Jun 2025

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06/10/2025

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Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:36

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

4. Yale School of Medicine (1 shows)

5. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
3	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
15	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
19	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
22	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
23	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
29	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
39	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
44	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
45	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
46	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
47	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
50	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
51	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
52	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
54	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
59	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
60	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
61	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
63	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
64	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
65	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
66	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
68	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
69	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
70	Child Welfare Chronicles	Vernita & Kristy	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
73	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
75	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
76	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
77	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
78	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
79	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
81	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
82	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
83	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
84	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
85	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
86	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
87	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
88	🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!	Virtual Brain Health Center	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
90	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
91	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
92	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
93	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
94	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
95	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
97	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
98	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
99	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
100	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63

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