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 13 May 2025

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05/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

5. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (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	27	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	242	Megaphone	38
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
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	735	Megaphone	63
17	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
18	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
20	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
36	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
37	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
48	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
51	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
52	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
53	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
54	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
55	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
56	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
57	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
59	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
61	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
64	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
66	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
67	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
68	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
69	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
71	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
72	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
73	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
74	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
75	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
76	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
77	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
78	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	63	Buzzsprout	52
79	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
80	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
81	Work Trends RU	Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University	Science	9	Blubrry	49
82	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
84	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
85	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
86	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
87	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
89	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
90	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
91	Talking Humanitarianism	Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
93	In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health	County Health Rankings & Roadmaps	Science	27	Podbean	48
94	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
98	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
100	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48

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