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 Nov 2025

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11/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:48:24

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

5. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
9	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
39	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
40	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
43	Cultural Economy in the Kitchen	Philip Roscoe and Addie McGowan	Science	17	RSS.com	72
45	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
46	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
47	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
48	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
49	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
50	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
53	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
54	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
55	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
56	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
57	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
58	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
59	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
60	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
61	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
62	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
64	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
66	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
68	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
69	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
71	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	16	Buzzsprout	79
72	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
73	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
74	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
75	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
76	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
77	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
79	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
83	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
84	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
85	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
86	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
87	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
88	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
89	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
90	Talking Ties: The Science of Social Networks	communicationssns	Science	11	Podbean	47
91	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
92	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
93	EvaluLand	Dana Linnell	Science	52	Fireside	59
94	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
95	Fragout Podcast	Ryan Lonergan	Science	200	Libsyn	42
96	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
97	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
99	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
100	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32

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