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.

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04/25/2025

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Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:46:22

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. Patrick D. Watson (1 shows)

5. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
16	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	243	Megaphone	38
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
21	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
22	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
26	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
30	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
36	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
37	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
38	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
39	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
40	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
41	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
42	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
59	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
60	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
61	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
64	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
65	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
66	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
67	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	337	Audioboom	52
68	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
69	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
71	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
73	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
74	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
75	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
76	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
77	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
78	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
79	Beautiful Humans: The Social ChangeCast	Beautiful Humans	Science	37	Captivate	42
80	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
81	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
82	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
83	The re.think Podcast	Dr. David Zierk	Science	4	Podbean	58
84	Give Theory A Chance	The Society Pages	Science	73	Unknown	32
85	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
86	הפודקסט על מרקס	Yiftah Goldman	Science	68	Podbean	48
87	Tails from a Vet Tech	Tabitha Kucera	Science	57	Buzzsprout	73
88	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
89	سهند ایرانمهر	پادکست سهند ایرانمهر	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
91	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
93	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
95	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
97	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
98	Unpopular Neuroscience	Patrick D. Watson	Science	11	Podbean	48
99	BJKS Podcast	Benjamin James Kuper-Smith	Science	119	Buzzsprout	42
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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