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 Jun 2025

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06/14/2025

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Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:44:53

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Jury Analyst (1 shows)

3. Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant (1 shows)

4. Brown University School of Public Health (1 shows)

5. Scott Carney (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
8	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
24	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
33	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
36	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
41	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
42	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
46	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
49	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
53	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
56	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	103	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
58	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
59	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
60	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
61	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
62	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
63	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
64	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
65	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
66	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
67	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
68	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
69	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
70	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
71	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
72	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
73	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
74	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
75	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
76	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
77	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
79	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
80	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
81	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
83	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
84	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
85	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
89	Black Scholars Speak	Janelle Gore	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Getting to Third Space with Lamar and Tom	From Tenacious Change, featuring Tom Klaus and Lamar Roth	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	73
91	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
92	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
94	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
95	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
96	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
97	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
98	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
100	Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis	Cammie D.	Science	60	Unknown	62

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