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 Jul 2025

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07/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 237

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:51:01

Top 5 authors

1. SAPIENS (1 shows)

2. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

3. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

4. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

5. Universidad de Guadalajara (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1337	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	507	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
5	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
17	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
21	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
22	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
23	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
30	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
31	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
32	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
33	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
36	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
37	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
40	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
42	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
44	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
49	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	100	Spotify for Podcasters	42
50	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
54	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
55	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
56	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
57	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
58	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
60	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
61	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
64	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
65	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
67	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
71	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
72	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
73	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
74	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	71	Libsyn	58
75	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
76	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
78	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
79	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
80	Historic Preservation Details temporarily unavailable	unknown_author	Science & Medicine	25	Unknown	43
81	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
82	ABA Happy Hour	Linnine & Jessy	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
84	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
86	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
87	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
89	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
90	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
91	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
93	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
94	Háblame de Ciencia	Universidad de Guadalajara	Science	102	Audioboom	58
95	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
96	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
97	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
98	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
99	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
100	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52

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