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 Dec 2025

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12/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:51:54

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

4. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1345	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	521	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	258	Megaphone	38
18	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
23	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
41	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
45	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
48	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
50	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
52	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
53	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
56	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
58	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
59	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
63	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
64	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
65	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
66	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	81	Buzzsprout	68
67	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
68	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
69	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
70	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
71	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
72	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
74	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
75	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
76	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
78	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
79	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
80	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	123	Buzzsprout	48
81	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
82	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
83	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
84	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
86	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
87	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
88	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
89	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
91	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
93	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
94	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
96	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
97	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
98	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
100	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27

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