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 May 2025

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05/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 255

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:49:04

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

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

3. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

4. Brad R. Fulton, PhD (1 shows)

5. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
10	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
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	219	Simplecast	58
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
17	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
18	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
34	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
39	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
46	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
47	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
50	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
52	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
54	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
55	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
57	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
58	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
59	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
60	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
61	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
62	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
63	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
65	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
67	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
68	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
70	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
72	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
74	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
75	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
76	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
77	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
78	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	294	Podbean	52
79	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
81	Work Trends RU	Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University	Science	9	Blubrry	49
82	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
83	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
84	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
86	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
88	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
91	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
92	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
93	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
94	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
95	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
96	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
97	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
98	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
99	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
100	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48

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