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 16 May 2025

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05/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 326

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:10

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW (1 shows)

5. The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
19	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
23	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
24	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
33	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
37	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
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 Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
44	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
46	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
47	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
51	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
52	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
53	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
54	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
57	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
58	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
59	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
60	Trauma Is Real	Sarah Buffie	Science	20	Squarespace	58
61	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
62	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
63	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
70	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
73	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
74	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
76	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
80	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
81	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
82	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
83	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
86	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
87	Doctor Psycho	Dr. Michael Drane	Science	261	Libsyn	53
88	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2143	Megaphone	53
89	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
90	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
91	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
92	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
95	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
96	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
97	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
98	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
99	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
100	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62

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