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 Nov 2025

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11/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 278

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:49:10

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

5. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 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	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
18	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	252	Megaphone	38
20	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
25	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
36	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
38	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
41	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
42	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
47	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
50	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
51	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
52	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
53	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
54	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
55	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
57	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
58	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
59	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
60	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
61	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
62	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
63	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
64	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
66	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
67	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
69	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	143	Substack	43
70	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
72	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
73	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
74	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
76	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
77	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
78	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
79	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
81	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
82	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
85	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
87	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
91	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
92	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
93	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
94	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
95	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
96	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
97	Red Crime - Sportello antiviolenza	Associazione Forensics Group	Science	4	Spreaker	63
98	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
100	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	30	Buzzsprout	67

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