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 Dec 2025

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12/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 260

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:51:31

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

4. ترجمان علوم انسانی (1 shows)

5. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
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	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
15	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
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	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
24	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
42	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
43	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
46	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
47	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
51	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
52	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
53	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
54	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
56	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
57	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
58	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
59	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
60	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
61	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
64	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
65	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
66	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
67	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
69	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
70	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
71	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
72	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Psych Mic	Maya Metser	Science	62	Buzzsprout	78
74	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
75	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
76	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
77	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	144	Substack	43
78	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
79	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
82	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
83	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
84	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
85	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
86	Public Health is For Everyone	MJ	Science	61	Buzzsprout	27
87	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
88	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
89	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
90	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
93	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
94	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
95	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
96	All The Way Authentic	Podgo	Science	46	Simplecast	59
97	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
98	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
99	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
100	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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