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 15 mai 2025

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05/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 307

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:22

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

5. NPR (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
19	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
35	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
42	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
47	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
54	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
55	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
56	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
57	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
60	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
61	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
62	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
63	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
64	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
65	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
67	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
68	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
69	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
71	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
72	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
74	In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health	County Health Rankings & Roadmaps	Science	27	Podbean	48
75	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
76	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
77	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
78	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
80	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	19	Libsyn	62
81	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	47
82	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
83	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The AFTA Podcast	AFTA	Science	40	Podbean	42
85	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
87	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
89	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
90	Data is Magic Podcast	Ashlinn Romagnoli	Science	1	Pinecast	63
91	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
92	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
93	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
94	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
95	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
96	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
97	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Backstory: How Research Papers in Economics Get Made	UC San Diego	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53

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