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 Jul 2025

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07/17/2025

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Episodes: 212

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:01

Top 5 authors

1. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

2. International Psychoanalytical Association (1 shows)

3. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

4. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
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	222	Simplecast	58
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
25	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
29	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
32	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
34	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
35	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
36	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
38	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
39	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
40	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
42	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
43	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
44	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
45	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
46	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
53	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
56	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
57	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
58	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
60	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
61	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
64	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
65	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
66	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
67	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
68	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
70	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
71	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
72	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
73	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
74	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
75	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
76	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
77	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
78	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
79	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
80	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
81	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
82	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
83	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
84	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
85	The ScienceForWork Podcast	ScienceForWork	Science	49	Spotify for Podcasters	37
86	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
88	去现场	JustPod	Science	84	Unknown	79
89	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
90	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
91	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
92	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
93	For Better or Worse: A Family Law Podcast	TALG LAW	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
96	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
97	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
98	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
99	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	New Things Under the Sun	Matt Clancy	Science	66	Buzzsprout	68

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