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 20 Apr 2025

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04/20/2025

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Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. احمد صديق پور (1 shows)

5. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
19	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
23	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
28	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
34	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
35	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
36	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
37	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
40	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
41	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
45	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
46	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
53	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
56	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
57	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
58	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
59	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
60	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
61	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
62	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
64	UNICEF Iran	UNICEF Iran	Science	2	Buzzsprout	73
65	PoliSocial Pulse	PoliSocial Pulse	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
67	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
68	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
69	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
70	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
71	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
72	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
74	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
76	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
77	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
78	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
79	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
80	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	623	Spreaker	59
81	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
82	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
84	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
85	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
86	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
87	You Won't Forget About Us	Gabby Stoops & Sara Jane	Science	3	Unknown	63
88	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
89	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
91	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
92	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
93	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
94	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
95	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
96	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	141	Podbean	48
97	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
98	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
99	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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