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 14 Apr 2025

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04/14/2025

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Episodes: 257

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:46:06

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

4. Cambridge University (1 shows)

5. Yowei Shaw (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	1336	Megaphone	58
3	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
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	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	243	Megaphone	38
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
18	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
33	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	295	Podbean	52
41	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
45	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
46	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
48	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
49	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
53	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
54	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
56	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
60	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
61	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
62	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
63	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
65	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
66	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
68	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
69	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
70	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
72	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
76	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
77	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
78	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
80	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
81	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
82	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
83	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
84	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
85	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
86	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
87	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
88	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
90	The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.	Natural Encounters, Inc.	Science	287	Libsyn	32
91	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
92	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
93	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
94	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
95	The re.think Podcast	Dr. David Zierk	Science	4	Podbean	58
96	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
97	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
98	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
100	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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