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 Jul 2025

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07/19/2025

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Episodes: 227

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:52:12

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

4. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

5. Scott Carney (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 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	1343	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
23	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
29	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
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	150	Libsyn	58
32	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
36	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
39	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
40	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
41	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
42	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
43	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
44	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
45	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
47	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
48	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
52	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
53	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
54	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
55	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
57	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	103	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
59	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
60	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
61	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
62	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
64	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
65	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
66	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
67	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
68	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
69	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
70	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
72	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
73	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
74	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
75	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
76	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
78	Dissertation Nation	Dana Brookover, PhD	Science	12	Buzzsprout	83
79	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
80	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
82	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
83	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
84	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
85	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
86	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
87	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
88	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
89	Los Dioses de la IA	Básico.fm	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	SUPERFREQ®	Talie — VERY FREQY GIRL	Science	112	RSS.com	73
92	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	606	Spreaker	33
93	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
94	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
95	New Things Under the Sun	Matt Clancy	Science	66	Buzzsprout	68
96	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
97	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
98	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
100	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78

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