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 Aug 2025

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08/24/2025

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Episodes: 281

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:52:23

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. ABA Inside Track (1 shows)

3. Michael Munger (1 shows)

4. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
22	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
29	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
30	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
38	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
39	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
43	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
44	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
45	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
46	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
48	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
49	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
50	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
53	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
55	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
56	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
57	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
58	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
59	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
61	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
63	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
64	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
65	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
66	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
67	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
68	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
71	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
75	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
76	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
78	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
79	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
80	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
82	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
83	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
84	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
85	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
86	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
87	Rural Health Leadership Radio™	Dr. Bill Auxier	Science	100	Libsyn	63
88	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	26	Captivate	68
89	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
90	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
91	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
92	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
93	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
94	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
95	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
96	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
97	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
99	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
100	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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