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 nov. 2025

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11/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:02

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. 8th Kind (1 shows)

4. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
16	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	244	Megaphone	38
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
20	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
34	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
36	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
40	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
46	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
47	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
52	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
53	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
54	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
55	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
56	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
59	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
60	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
61	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
62	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
63	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
64	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
65	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
66	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
69	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
70	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
71	On Wisdom	Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann	Science	68	Fireside	84
72	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
73	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
74	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
77	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
78	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
79	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Today in Geography	Michigan State University Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	68
81	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
82	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
83	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
84	Deem Audio \| Future Feelings with Radha Mistry	Deem Audio	Science	6	Simplecast	63
85	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2260	Acast	28
87	Red Crime - Sportello antiviolenza	Associazione Forensics Group	Science	4	Spreaker	63
88	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
91	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
93	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
95	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
96	Public Health Did That	Rebecca Drewette-Card, DrPH, MSPH	Social Sciences	23	N/A	N/A
97	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
98	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
99	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59

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