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 Nov 2025

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11/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 230

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:46:02

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

3. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

4. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

5. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
16	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
22	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
33	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
36	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
37	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
38	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
41	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
42	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
47	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
56	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
58	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
59	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
60	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
61	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
62	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
64	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
65	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
66	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
67	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
68	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
69	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
70	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
71	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
72	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
73	Talk Psych to Me	Scarlet Moon Things Co.	Science	60	Buzzsprout	58
74	Make Science Make Sense	Elizabeth	Science	2	Buzzsprout	48
75	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
76	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
79	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
80	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
81	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
82	中国民主季刊	China Journal of Democracy	Science	161	Podbean	48
83	Ethical Schools	Ethical Schools	Science	220	Castos	59
84	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
85	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
86	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
87	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
88	Today in Geography	Michigan State University Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	68
89	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
90	Red Crime - Sportello antiviolenza	Associazione Forensics Group	Science	4	Spreaker	63
91	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
92	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
93	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
94	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
96	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
97	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
98	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
99	"...And Then We Win!"	Justin Singleton, DSW, LMSW, LSSW	Science	3	Unknown	53
100	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78

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