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 Jun 2025

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06/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

4. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

5. Michael Munger (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
13	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
14	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
29	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
30	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
41	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
44	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
45	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
46	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
47	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
48	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
49	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
50	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
51	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
52	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
54	PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world	Dr. Leslie Poston, Research Psychologist: Applied Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational Psychology	Science	121	Transistor	83
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
56	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
57	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	641	Megaphone	53
58	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
61	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
63	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	507	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	Creative Therapy Umbrella	Kate Shannon	Science	122	Blubrry	38
66	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
67	Economics Detective Radio	Garrett M. Petersen	Science	154	Libsyn	48
68	Thrive & Design - The Crossroads of Design and Mental Health	Blair Cho	Science	20	Libsyn	63
69	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
70	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
71	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
73	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
74	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
76	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
77	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
79	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
80	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
81	Rural Health Leadership Radio™	Dr. Bill Auxier	Science	100	Libsyn	63
82	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
85	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
86	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
87	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
88	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2261	Acast	28
89	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
90	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
91	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
92	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
93	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
94	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
95	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
96	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
97	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
98	Black Scholars Speak	Janelle Gore	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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