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 Jun 2025

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06/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:50:55

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker (1 shows)

4. FERMONDO (1 shows)

5. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	1340	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	251	Megaphone	38
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	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	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
14	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
21	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
24	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
26	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
35	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
36	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
38	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
39	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
40	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
43	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
44	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
49	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
50	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
51	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
53	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
58	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
61	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
62	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
63	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
64	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
65	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
66	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
67	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
69	Unraveling Behavior	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Science	7	podcaster.de	53
70	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
72	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
74	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
75	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
76	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
77	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
78	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
79	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
80	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
82	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
83	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
84	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
85	No Need to Strain Your Eyes, Let Your Ears Do the Reading With Full Audiobook \| Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	Free Audiobook	Science	2000	Unknown	59
86	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
87	PoliSocial Pulse	PoliSocial Pulse	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
91	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
93	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
94	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
95	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
96	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
97	In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health	County Health Rankings & Roadmaps	Science	27	Podbean	48
98	Economics Detective Radio	Garrett M. Petersen	Science	154	Libsyn	48
99	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	96	Libsyn	43
100	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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