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 mai 2025

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05/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 276

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:46:28

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Cryptic Chronicles (1 shows)

5. Treehouse Sound Inc. (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
17	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
18	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
23	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
33	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
34	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	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
51	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
54	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
56	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
57	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
59	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
61	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
62	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
63	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
64	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
66	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
67	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
68	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
70	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
71	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
72	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
73	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
74	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
75	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
76	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
79	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
81	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
82	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
83	In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health	County Health Rankings & Roadmaps	Science	27	Podbean	48
84	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
85	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
86	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
87	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
88	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
89	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
90	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
92	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
93	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
95	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
96	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
97	A BA Study Podcast	Hannah Dollinger	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
99	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
100	StocktonAfterClass	Ronald Stockton	Science	232	Buzzsprout	43

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