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 Jul 2025

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07/15/2025

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Episodes: 262

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:50:27

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Brad R. Fulton, PhD (1 shows)

4. Cambridge University (1 shows)

5. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	289	Megaphone	38
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
18	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
19	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	271	Omny Studio	69
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
21	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
28	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
35	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
36	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
43	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
44	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
45	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
47	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
49	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
50	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
56	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
57	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
60	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
61	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
62	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
63	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
64	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
65	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
66	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
67	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	151	Substack	43
68	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
69	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
70	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
71	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	615	Spreaker	33
72	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
73	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
74	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
75	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	343	Buzzsprout	63
76	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	52	PRX	48
77	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
79	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
80	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
81	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
82	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	Specimen the Sociologist	Jessamyn Reichmann	Science	37	Spotify for Podcasters	32
84	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
85	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
86	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
87	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
88	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
91	Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast	SurveyCTO	Science	15	Unknown	48
92	Matrix Podcast	Social Science Matrix	Science	110	Libsyn	68
93	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
94	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
95	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	305	Podbean	52
96	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
97	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
98	The Brain Blown Podcast	The Brain Blown Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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