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 24 May 2025

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05/24/2025

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Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:32

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company (1 shows)

4. Sucheta Kamath (1 shows)

5. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
23	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	71	Podbean	42
39	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
40	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
41	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
42	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
48	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
49	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
50	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
52	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
54	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
55	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
56	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
60	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
61	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
62	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
63	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
64	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
65	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
66	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	98	Unknown	58
68	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
70	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
71	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
72	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
73	In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health	County Health Rankings & Roadmaps	Science	27	Podbean	48
74	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
75	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
76	Unraveling Behavior	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Science	7	podcaster.de	53
77	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
79	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
80	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
81	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
82	Ma différence à moi Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
83	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
84	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
85	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
86	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
87	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
88	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1238	Megaphone	59
89	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
90	Within & Between	Within&Between Podcast	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
93	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
95	BT Focus	Centria Autism	Science	60	Captivate	73
96	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
97	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
98	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
99	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
100	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32

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