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 juin 2025

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06/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 316

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:52:28

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

4. laiascastel (1 shows)

5. The Brookings Institution (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	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	238	Megaphone	38
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
23	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
24	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
25	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
34	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
39	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
40	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
41	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
42	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
45	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
46	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
47	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
48	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
49	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
50	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
54	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
55	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
57	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
58	Economies that work - for all	United Nations System Staff College	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	73
59	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
60	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
61	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
62	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
63	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
65	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
66	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
67	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
69	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
70	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
71	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
72	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
74	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
75	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
76	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
77	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
79	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
80	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
81	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
85	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
86	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
87	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
88	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
89	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
90	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
91	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
92	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
93	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
95	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
96	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
97	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
98	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
99	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
100	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42

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