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 Jul 2025

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07/16/2025

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Episodes: 246

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. American Psychiatric Association (2 shows)

3. Indre Viskontas (2 shows)

4. Ben and Jamesa (1 shows)

5. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
20	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
21	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
35	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
38	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
41	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
44	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
45	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
47	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
48	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
56	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
57	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
58	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
59	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
60	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
61	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
63	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
64	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
65	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
66	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
67	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
69	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
70	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	613	Spreaker	33
71	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
73	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
74	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
75	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
77	Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind	Indre Viskontas	Science	50	Zencastr	17
78	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
79	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
80	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	a scope ~リベラルアーツで世界を視る目が変わる~	NewsPicks	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
83	The Hocicona Hour	Alejandra Fajardo	Science	2	RedCircle	43
84	The Medical Mind	American Psychiatric Association	Science	99	Libsyn	43
85	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
86	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
88	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
89	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
90	St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Shenzhen	XAVIER	Science	600	Simplecast	58
91	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
92	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
93	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
94	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
95	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
96	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
97	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
98	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
99	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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