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 Dec 2025

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12/19/2025

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Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:49:32

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. New Books Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	255	Megaphone	38
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
22	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
24	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
32	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
40	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
42	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
43	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
47	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
48	The Ties That Bind: Rearming the Alliance	FPRI Eurasia Program	Science	14	Substack	53
49	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
50	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
52	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
54	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
55	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
56	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
59	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
62	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
63	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
64	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
65	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
66	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
71	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
72	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
73	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
74	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
76	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
77	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
78	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
81	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
82	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
83	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
85	Great Talks at American Philosophical Society	American Philosophical Society	Science	9	Simplecast	58
86	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
87	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
88	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
89	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
92	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
93	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	42	Podigee	79
95	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
96	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
97	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
98	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
99	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
100	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73

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