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 Sep 2025

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09/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 279

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:49:28

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Scott Carney (1 shows)

4. Brown University School of Public Health (1 shows)

5. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	541	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
7	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	276	Megaphone	38
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
17	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
23	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
32	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
38	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
45	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
46	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
51	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
52	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
53	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2298	Acast	28
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
60	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
61	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
64	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
65	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
66	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
67	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
68	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
69	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
70	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
71	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
73	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
74	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	347	Audioboom	52
75	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
78	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
79	Trauma Is Real	Sarah Buffie	Science	20	Squarespace	58
80	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
81	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
82	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
83	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	168	Buzzsprout	58
84	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
85	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
86	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
87	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
88	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	29	Buzzsprout	78
89	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
90	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
91	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
93	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
94	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
96	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	72
97	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
98	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
99	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53

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