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 Jun 2025

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06/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 298

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. CentralReach (2 shows)

4. mehdi naji (1 shows)

5. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Podbean (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	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
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	352	PRX	53
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
10	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
27	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
34	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
35	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
38	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
39	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
40	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
41	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
43	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
44	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	42
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
47	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
50	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	78	Libsyn	68
53	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
54	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
55	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
56	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
57	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
61	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
62	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	127	Buzzsprout	79
63	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
65	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
66	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
67	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
68	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
69	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
70	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
72	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
75	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
76	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
77	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
79	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
80	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
81	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
82	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
83	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
84	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
85	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
86	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
87	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
88	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
90	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
91	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
93	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
94	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
95	Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents	Kim Marie McKernan	Science	61	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	The Behavioral View	CentralReach	Science	67	Libsyn	63
97	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
99	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1953	Megaphone	63
100	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59

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