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 Jul 2025

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07/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:50:06

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Mises Institute (2 shows)

3. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

4. APsA American Psychoanalytic Association (1 shows)

5. Courtroom Sciences (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	1354	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	536	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	271	Megaphone	38
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
18	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
21	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	615	Libsyn	58
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	304	Libsyn	52
27	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
28	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
29	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
42	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
43	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
44	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
45	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
49	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
50	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
51	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	332	Podbean	37
52	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
53	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
54	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
55	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	150	Buzzsprout	73
56	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
57	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
58	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
64	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
65	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	46	Libsyn	47
66	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	148	Substack	43
67	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
68	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
69	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
70	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
71	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	942	Libsyn	49
72	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
73	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
74	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
75	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
76	Theory and History	Mises Institute	Science	18	Unknown	53
77	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
78	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
79	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	340	Buzzsprout	63
80	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
81	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
82	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
84	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
85	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
86	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
87	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	154	Megaphone	53
88	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
89	Flip Your Lid with Kim Honeycutt	Kim Honeycutt, MSW, LCSW, CCFC, LCAS	Science	63	Captivate	68
90	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
92	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
94	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
95	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
96	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
97	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
98	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
99	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
100	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57

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