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 25 Jul 2025

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07/25/2025

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Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:49:26

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (1 shows)

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

4. SAPIENS (1 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 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	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
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	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
10	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
18	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
19	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
22	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
30	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
31	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
32	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
34	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
36	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
40	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
41	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
46	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
49	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
54	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
55	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
56	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
57	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
59	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
60	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
61	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
62	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
63	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
64	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
65	Least Haunted	Least Haunted	Science	158	Libsyn	63
66	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
68	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
69	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
70	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
71	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
72	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
73	The Stress Puzzle	Dr. Ryan L. Brown and the UCSF Stress Measurement Network	Science	20	Libsyn	73
74	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
75	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
76	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
77	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	28	Buzzsprout	47
78	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
79	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
80	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
81	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
82	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
83	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
85	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
86	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
89	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
90	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
94	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
95	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
96	Political Hope	WeDeepen	Science	99	Libsyn	73
97	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
98	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
99	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48

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