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 23 Aug 2025

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08/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 258

Frequency: every 31 days

Duration: 00:51:13

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Hogan Assessments (2 shows)

3. Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (1 shows)

4. Marshall Poe (1 shows)

5. Peter Hollins (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (22 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (7 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
16	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
18	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
23	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
28	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
33	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
37	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
38	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
39	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
41	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
42	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
46	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
47	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
51	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
54	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
55	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
56	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
57	Rural Health Leadership Radio™	Dr. Bill Auxier	Science	100	Libsyn	63
58	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
59	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	26	Captivate	68
60	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
61	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
62	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
63	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
64	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
65	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
67	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
68	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
69	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
70	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
71	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
72	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
73	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
75	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
76	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
79	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
81	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
82	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
83	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
84	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
85	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
86	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
87	Can I Run Something By You?	Stephanie	Science	9	Buzzsprout	38
88	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
89	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
91	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
92	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
93	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
95	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
96	The Science of Personality Podcast	Hogan Assessments	Science	188	Buzzsprout	27
97	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
98	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
100	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38

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