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 Nov 2025

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11/15/2025

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Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:49:35

Top 5 authors

1. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

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

3. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

4. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

5. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
7	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
15	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	288	Megaphone	38
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
20	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
22	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
24	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
30	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
31	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
34	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	182	Simplecast	73
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
39	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
42	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
43	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
45	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
46	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
47	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
56	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	69	Podbean	31
57	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
59	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
61	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
62	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
63	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	71	Podbean	42
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
66	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
67	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
68	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
69	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
70	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
71	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
72	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
73	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
74	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
75	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
76	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
77	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
78	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
79	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
80	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
81	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
82	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
83	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
85	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
86	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
87	Justin Riddle Podcast	Justin Riddle Podcast	Science	42	Squarespace	58
88	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
90	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
91	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
92	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
93	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
94	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
95	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
96	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
97	Scientista Details temporarily unavailable	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
98	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
99	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
100	The Counseling Student Podcast	Bria Brown	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42

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