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 sept. 2025

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09/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:56

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

5. James Morris (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Unknown (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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
6	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
33	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
38	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
39	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
40	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
41	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
44	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
45	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
47	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
48	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
52	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
56	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
57	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
58	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
60	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
62	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
63	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
64	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
65	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
66	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
67	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
68	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
69	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
70	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
71	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
72	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
73	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
74	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
76	SUPERFREQ®	Talie — VERY FREQY GIRL	Science	112	RSS.com	73
77	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
79	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
80	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
81	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
82	황상민의 심리상담소:황심소 Details temporarily unavailable	황상민의 심리상담소,황상민	Social Sciences	2017	N/A	N/A
83	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
84	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
87	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
88	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
89	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
90	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
91	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
92	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
93	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
94	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
95	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
96	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
97	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
98	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
100	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49

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