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 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:51:36

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

3. David Flora (1 shows)

4. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

5. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 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	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	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	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
28	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
29	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
39	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
45	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
48	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
49	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
51	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
52	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
53	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
54	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
55	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
56	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
57	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
60	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
61	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
63	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
64	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
66	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
67	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
68	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
70	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
71	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
72	This View of Life	This View of Life	Science	60	Libsyn	53
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
74	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
75	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
76	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	159	Buzzsprout	58
77	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
78	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	107	Spotify for Podcasters	52
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
82	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
83	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
84	Sage Psychology & Psychiatry	SAGE Publications Ltd.	Science	197	Libsyn	38
85	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
86	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	221	Spreaker	53
87	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
88	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
89	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	Deception Tips Podcast	Spencer Coffman	Science & Medicine	103	Feedburner	53
91	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
92	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
93	POP: Public Opinion Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	American Association for Public Opinion Research	Science	11	Libsyn	62
94	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
95	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
96	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
97	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	19	Libsyn	62
98	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
99	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
100	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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