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 12 Apr 2025

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04/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

3. Matt Sedlar (1 shows)

4. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (1 shows)

5. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	242	Megaphone	38
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
24	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
38	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
39	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
40	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
43	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
44	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
51	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
52	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
53	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
54	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
56	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
59	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
60	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
62	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
63	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
64	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
65	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
66	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
67	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
68	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
70	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
71	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
72	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
73	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
74	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
75	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
76	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
77	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
78	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
82	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
83	JCIRA: Curious and Interesting	Sukki Yoon	Science	80	Buzzsprout	52
84	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
85	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
86	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
87	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
88	Trauma Is Real	Sarah Buffie	Science	20	Squarespace	58
89	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	144	Buzzsprout	57
90	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
91	You Won't Forget About Us	Gabby Stoops & Sara Jane	Science	3	Unknown	63
92	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
93	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
94	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	55	Podbean	52
96	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
97	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
98	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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