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 17 May 2025

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05/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 237

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:47:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
19	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
25	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
30	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
40	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
42	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
43	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
44	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
49	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
50	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
51	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
52	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
53	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
54	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
55	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
56	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
57	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
58	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
59	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
63	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
64	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
65	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	21	Libsyn	57
66	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
67	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
68	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
70	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
71	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
72	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
73	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
74	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
75	Reality Remix Podcast	Michael Feliciano	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	150	Megaphone	53
77	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
78	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
80	Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region	East-West Gateway	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
83	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
85	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
86	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
87	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
89	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
90	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
91	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
92	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
93	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
94	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
96	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
97	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
98	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
99	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar	Science	100	Libsyn	47
100	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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