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 Dec 2025

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12/14/2025

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Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:50:55

Top 5 authors

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

2. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (1 shows)

3. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

4. Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	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	340	Simplecast	63
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
24	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
35	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
36	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
39	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
40	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
51	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
53	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
54	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
56	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
58	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
59	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
61	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
64	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
66	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
67	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
68	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
69	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
70	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
71	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
72	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
73	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
75	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
76	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
77	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
78	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
79	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
80	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
81	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
82	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
83	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
84	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
85	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
88	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
89	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	49	Blubrry	64
90	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
91	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
93	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
94	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
95	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
96	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
99	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
100	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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