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 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 238

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:44

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Dr. Shiri (1 shows)

4. KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
6	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
14	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	242	Megaphone	38
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
31	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
32	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
33	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
35	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
46	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
47	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
48	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
49	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
50	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
52	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
53	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
54	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
55	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
58	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
59	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
60	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
62	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
63	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
65	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
67	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
68	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
69	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
70	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
72	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
73	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
74	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
75	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
76	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
78	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
82	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
84	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
86	Work Trends RU	Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University	Science	9	Blubrry	49
87	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
88	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
91	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
92	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
94	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
95	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
98	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
99	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A

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