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 Jun 2025

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06/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:44

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. mehdi naji (1 shows)

3. Seph Fontane Pennock & Hugo Alberts (1 shows)

4. Dr. Colby Taylor (1 shows)

5. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	1340	Megaphone	58
3	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	251	Megaphone	38
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
14	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
22	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
23	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
25	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
27	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
33	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
47	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
48	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
49	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
51	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
52	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
53	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	100	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
57	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
58	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
59	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
60	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
61	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
62	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
63	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
65	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
67	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
68	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
69	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
70	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
72	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
74	The GLaD Podcast	The GLaD Podcast	Science	37	Podbean	52
75	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
76	PositivePsychology.com Podcast	Seph Fontane Pennock & Hugo Alberts	Science & Medicine	7	Buzzsprout	47
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
79	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
81	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
82	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
83	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
84	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	26	Podbean	31
85	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
86	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
87	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
88	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
89	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	296	Podbean	52
90	Getting to Third Space with Lamar and Tom	From Tenacious Change, featuring Tom Klaus and Lamar Roth	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	73
92	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
93	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
94	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
95	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
97	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
98	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
99	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
100	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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