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 Jul 2025

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07/13/2025

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Episodes: 269

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:54:24

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. mehdi naji (1 shows)

3. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

4. David Flora (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 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	1355	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	274	Megaphone	38
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
11	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	24	Libsyn	53
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
16	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
20	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
26	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
39	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
40	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
42	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
43	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
48	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
49	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
53	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
54	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
55	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
56	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
58	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
59	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
60	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
61	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
62	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	155	Megaphone	53
63	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
64	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
65	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
66	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
67	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
68	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
70	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
71	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
72	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
73	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
74	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	942	Libsyn	49
75	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
76	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
77	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
78	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	341	Buzzsprout	63
79	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
80	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	249	Libsyn	68
81	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
82	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	148	Substack	43
85	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
87	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Theory and History	Mises Institute	Science	18	Unknown	53
89	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
90	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	174	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
92	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
94	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
95	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
96	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
98	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
99	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	300	Podbean	52
100	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53

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