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 nov. 2025

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11/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:49:29

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

5. Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	506	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	244	Megaphone	38
14	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
23	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
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	340	Libsyn	47
29	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
36	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
49	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
50	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
51	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
52	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
53	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
54	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
58	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
59	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
60	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
62	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
63	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
64	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
65	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
66	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
67	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	Public Health Did That	Rebecca Drewette-Card, DrPH, MSPH	Social Sciences	23	N/A	N/A
70	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
72	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
74	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
76	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
78	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
81	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
82	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2260	Acast	28
83	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
84	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
85	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
86	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
87	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
88	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
89	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
90	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
91	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
92	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
93	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
95	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
96	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
97	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
99	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
100	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73

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