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 27 Mar 2025

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03/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:57

Top 5 authors

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

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. International Psychoanalytical Association (1 shows)

5. NPR (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	1338	Megaphone	58
3	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
14	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	246	Megaphone	38
15	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
17	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
19	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
21	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
22	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	43	Libsyn	53
23	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
24	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	265	Omny Studio	63
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
31	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
32	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
37	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
38	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
39	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
40	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
41	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
44	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
45	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
46	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
47	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
48	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
51	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
52	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
54	Enneagram Type 9	Joel Hubbard and Jim Zartman	Science	11	Buzzsprout	38
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
56	Total Survey Design	Dr. Azdren Coma and Dr. Seon Yup Lee	Science	21	Buzzsprout	83
57	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
60	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Know What You See with Brian Lowery	Brian S. Lowery	Science	48	PRX	53
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
65	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
67	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
68	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
70	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
71	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
72	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
73	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
74	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	57	Ximalaya	53
75	Not Boring CEs	Allison Puryear	Science	26	Libsyn	73
76	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	264	Libsyn	48
79	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
80	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
81	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
82	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
83	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
84	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
85	ABA on Tap	Mike Rubio, BCBA & Dan Lowery, BCBA (co-Hosts) & Suzanne Juzwik, BCBA (Producer)	Science	128	Buzzsprout	79
86	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
87	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
88	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
89	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
90	Creating the Future	Hildy Gottlieb	Science	21	RSS.com	73
91	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
92	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
93	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
94	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
95	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
96	ABA Sissyahs	ABA Sissyahs, LLC	Science	3	RSS.com	58
97	PSYC 209: Life Cycle Development (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David R. Bailey	Social Sciences	13	N/A	N/A
98	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
100	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	73

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