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 Nov 2025

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11/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:49

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

5. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	522	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	341	Simplecast	63
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
20	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	259	Megaphone	38
21	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	30	PRX	69
22	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
24	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	303	Libsyn	52
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
34	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
35	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
41	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	83	Captivate	53
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
47	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
48	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
49	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
50	Cultural Economy in the Kitchen	Philip Roscoe and Addie McGowan	Science	17	RSS.com	72
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
53	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
54	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
55	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
57	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
58	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
59	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
60	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
61	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
62	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
63	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
65	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
66	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
67	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
68	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	339	Buzzsprout	63
69	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
70	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
71	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
72	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
75	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
76	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
78	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
79	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	78
80	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
81	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
82	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
84	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
85	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
86	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
87	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
88	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
89	ABA Business Leaders	Stephen Smith	Science	180	RSS.com	63
90	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	19	Buzzsprout	89
91	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
92	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2280	Acast	28
94	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
95	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	66	Podbean	31
96	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
97	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
99	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
100	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53

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