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 11 May 2025

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05/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:46:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (4 shows)

3. mehdi naji (2 shows)

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

5. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
39	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
40	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
41	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
42	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
43	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
44	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
45	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
46	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
48	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
49	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
50	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
52	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
53	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
54	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
55	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
56	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
58	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
62	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
63	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
64	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
67	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
68	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
69	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
70	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
71	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
72	Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region	East-West Gateway	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
74	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
76	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
77	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
81	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
82	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
83	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
84	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
86	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Podbean	37
87	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
89	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
90	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Simplecast	63
91	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
92	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	RadicalxChange(s)	RadicalxChange Foundation	Science	31	Simplecast	73
94	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
95	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
96	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	47
97	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
98	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
99	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
100	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47

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