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 nov. 2025

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11/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:51:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

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

3. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

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

5. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
22	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
37	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
38	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
39	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
40	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
41	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
42	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
43	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
46	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
48	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	Mind You with DK	Dakotah A. Carter	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
53	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
54	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
55	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
56	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
58	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
61	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
62	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
63	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
64	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
65	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
66	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
67	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
68	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
69	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
71	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
72	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
73	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
76	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
77	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
78	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
79	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
80	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
82	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
84	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
86	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
87	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
89	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
90	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
92	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
93	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
94	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
95	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
96	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
97	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
98	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
99	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
100	Cultural Economy in the Kitchen	Philip Roscoe and Addie McGowan	Science	17	RSS.com	72

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