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 21 Apr 2025

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04/21/2025

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Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. unknown_author (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

5. David Flora (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
19	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
20	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
37	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
38	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
40	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
41	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
44	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	PoliSocial Pulse	PoliSocial Pulse	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
49	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
54	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
57	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
58	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
59	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
60	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
61	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
62	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
63	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
64	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
65	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
66	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
67	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
68	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
69	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
70	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
71	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
73	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
74	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
75	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
76	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
77	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
78	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
79	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
82	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
83	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
85	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	621	Spreaker	59
86	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
87	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
88	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
89	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
91	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
92	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
93	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
94	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
95	SHAKED	Derek Van Schaik	Science	47	Buzzsprout	58
96	Keynes and Keynesianism	unknown_author	Science	6	Unknown	38
97	Southern Remedy	MPB Think Radio	Science	1638	Acast	44
98	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32
99	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
100	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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