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 18 May 2025

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05/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 256

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:43

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

5. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 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	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	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	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
17	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
42	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
43	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
47	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
48	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
49	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
50	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
51	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
53	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
54	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
55	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
56	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
57	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
58	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
59	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
60	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
61	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
62	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
63	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
64	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
65	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
66	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
67	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
69	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
70	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
72	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
73	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
74	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
75	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
77	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
78	Reality Remix Podcast	Michael Feliciano	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	BT Focus	Centria Autism	Science	60	Captivate	73
80	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
82	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
83	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
84	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
85	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
87	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
88	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
90	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
91	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
92	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
93	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
95	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
96	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
97	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
98	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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