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 Dec 2025

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12/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 245

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:13

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. احمد صديق پور (1 shows)

4. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

5. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
24	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
33	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
39	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
41	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
44	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
45	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
48	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
49	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
52	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
53	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
54	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
55	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
56	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	159	Buzzsprout	58
57	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
58	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
59	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
61	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
62	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
63	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
64	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
67	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
68	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
69	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
70	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
71	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
72	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
74	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
75	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
76	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
77	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
78	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
79	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
82	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
83	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	"...And Then We Win!"	Justin Singleton, DSW, LMSW, LSSW	Science	3	Unknown	53
85	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
86	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
87	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
88	Work Trends RU	Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University	Science	9	Blubrry	49
89	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
90	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
91	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
94	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
96	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
98	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
99	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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