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 Oct 2025

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10/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:48

Top 5 authors

1. American Psychiatric Association (2 shows)

2. International Psychoanalytical Association (1 shows)

3. John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro (1 shows)

4. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

5. Cambridge University (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
10	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
21	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
22	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
33	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
52	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
55	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
56	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
57	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
58	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	249	Libsyn	68
59	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
60	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
61	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
62	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
63	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
65	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
66	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
68	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
69	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
70	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
71	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
72	Be change \| بی‌چنج پادکست	فردای اقتصاد	Science	6	Castbox	32
73	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
74	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
75	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	The Medical Mind	American Psychiatric Association	Science	99	Libsyn	43
77	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
79	The Veterinary Culture Lab	Flourish Veterinary Consulting	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
80	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
81	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
82	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
85	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
86	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
87	The Stress Puzzle	Dr. Ryan L. Brown and the UCSF Stress Measurement Network	Science	20	Libsyn	68
88	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
89	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
90	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
92	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
93	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
94	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
96	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
97	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	141	RSS.com	52
100	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69

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