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 May 2025

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05/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

4. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

5. Scott Barry Kaufman (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
33	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
35	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
36	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
37	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	71	Podbean	42
43	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
44	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
47	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
48	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
52	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
56	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
57	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
58	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
59	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
61	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
62	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
64	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
67	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
68	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
69	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
70	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
71	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
72	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	53	Blubrry	38
73	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
74	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
75	ABA MOM	Allie Langan	Science	74	RSS.com	58
76	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
77	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
78	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
79	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
80	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
81	Big Seance: My Paranormal World	Patrick Keller	Science	269	Libsyn	62
82	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
83	Positive Humanism: Thriving Without Superstition	Owen Hawthorne	Science & Medicine	27	Unknown	38
84	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
85	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
86	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	47
88	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
89	The Neurodivergent Report	Sarah Russell	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	68
90	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
91	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
92	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	342	Buzzsprout	63
93	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
94	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
95	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
97	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
99	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar	Science	100	Libsyn	47
100	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73

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