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 22 Jun 2025

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

06/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:53:18

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

3. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

4. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Podbean (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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
18	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
38	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
43	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
49	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
50	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
54	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
56	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
58	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
59	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
60	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
61	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
62	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
63	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
65	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
66	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
67	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
68	Economies that work - for all	United Nations System Staff College	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	73
69	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
70	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
71	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
72	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
74	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
75	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
76	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
77	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
78	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	مع تميم	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	5	Omny Studio	63
81	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
82	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
83	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
84	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
85	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
86	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
87	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
88	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
89	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
90	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
91	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
92	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
93	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
94	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
95	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
96	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
97	The Northstar Method	Northstar Performance Psychology	Science	8	RSS.com	73
98	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
99	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	593	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice