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 19 May 2025

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05/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 272

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:34

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Unknown (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 Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
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	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
13	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
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	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
32	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
46	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
48	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
49	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
50	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
53	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
54	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
55	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
56	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
58	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
59	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
61	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
62	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
63	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
64	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
65	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
66	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
67	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
68	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
69	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
70	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
71	BT Focus	Centria Autism	Science	60	Captivate	73
72	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
73	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
74	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
77	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
78	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
79	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
80	Scattered	Yvonne Kjorlien	Science & Medicine	10	Unknown	48
81	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
82	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
83	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
84	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
85	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	17
86	Het uur van de waarheid	VRT NWS	Society & Culture	216	Simplecast	79
87	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
88	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
89	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
90	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
91	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
93	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
94	وقایع اقتصادیه	Pouya Nazeran	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
96	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
97	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
98	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
99	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
100	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43

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