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 Aug 2025

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08/16/2025

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Episodes: 230

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:41

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran (1 shows)

4. Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D. (1 shows)

5. The Autistic VOICE Project (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (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	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
10	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
19	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
20	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	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	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
32	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
36	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
40	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
43	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
44	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
45	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
47	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
48	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	33	Blubrry	59
49	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
50	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	348	Audioboom	52
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
52	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
53	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
56	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
57	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
60	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
64	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
65	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
66	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
67	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
69	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
70	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
71	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
72	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
73	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
74	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
75	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
76	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
77	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
78	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
79	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
80	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
82	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
83	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
84	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
85	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
86	Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region	East-West Gateway	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
90	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
91	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
92	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
93	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
94	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
95	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	110	Spotify for Podcasters	42
96	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
97	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
98	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
100	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	47

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