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 Dec 2025

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12/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 270

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:53:29

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. The Autistic VOICE Project (1 shows)

4. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

5. Cryptic Chronicles (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
16	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	182	Simplecast	73
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	385	Audioboom	63
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	289	Megaphone	38
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
23	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	271	Omny Studio	69
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
31	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
32	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
33	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
38	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	168	Buzzsprout	58
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
41	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
47	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
48	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
49	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
50	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
53	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
54	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
55	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
56	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
59	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
60	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
61	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
62	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
64	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
65	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	151	Substack	43
66	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
67	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
68	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
69	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
70	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
71	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
72	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
73	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
74	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
75	Mind You with DK	Dakotah A. Carter	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
77	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
78	The Wild Within	Kristen Yates	Science	30	Buzzsprout	43
81	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
83	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	369	Podbean	42
84	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
86	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68
87	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
88	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
89	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
90	中国民主季刊	China Journal of Democracy	Science	161	Podbean	48
91	Scott Carney Investigates	unknown_author	Science	104	Megaphone	27
92	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
93	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
94	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
95	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47
96	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
97	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
98	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
99	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
100	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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