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 juin 2025

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06/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 255

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:32

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (3 shows)

3. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

4. Cryptic Chronicles (1 shows)

5. The British Psychological Society Research Digest (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
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	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
20	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
24	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
25	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
45	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
46	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
51	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
53	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
55	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
58	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
59	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
61	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
62	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
63	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
64	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
65	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
66	AEI.ag Presents	AEI.ag Presents	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
67	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
68	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
69	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
70	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
72	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
73	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
74	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
77	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
78	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
80	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
81	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
82	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
83	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
84	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
85	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
86	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
87	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	641	Megaphone	53
89	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
90	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
91	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
92	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
93	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
94	Sage Political Science & International Relations	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	135	Libsyn	38
95	Child Welfare Chronicles	Vernita & Kristy	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
97	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
98	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
99	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42
100	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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