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 Sep 2025

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09/25/2025

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Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:22

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Peace Thru Forgiveness (1 shows)

4. Velvet (1 shows)

5. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
6	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
7	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
8	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
14	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
19	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
20	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
32	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
36	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
46	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
47	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
48	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
49	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
50	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
51	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
52	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
53	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
54	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
55	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
57	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
58	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
59	The Forgiveness Effect	Peace Thru Forgiveness	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	63
60	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
61	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
62	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
64	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
65	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
70	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
71	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
72	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
73	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	130	Buzzsprout	79
74	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
75	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
76	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
77	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
78	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
79	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
81	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
82	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
83	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
84	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
85	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
86	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
87	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
88	SUPERFREQ®	Talie — VERY FREQY GIRL	Science	112	RSS.com	73
89	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
90	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
91	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
92	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
93	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
95	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
97	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
99	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
100	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32

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