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 May 2025

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05/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 252

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

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

3. The Social Work Stories Team (1 shows)

4. Treehouse Sound Inc. (1 shows)

5. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
18	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
22	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
25	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
26	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
27	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
29	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
31	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
32	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
33	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
34	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
37	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
38	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
39	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
40	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
41	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
43	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
45	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
46	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
47	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
48	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
49	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
50	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
51	Unraveling Behavior	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Science	7	podcaster.de	53
52	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
53	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
54	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
62	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
63	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
64	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
65	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
66	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	The Social Work Lens	Vermont CWTP	Science	71	Podbean	42
70	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
73	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
74	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
75	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
76	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
78	Women Making Moves	Amy Pons	Science	161	RSS.com	73
79	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
81	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
82	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
83	Heritage Türkiye	Işılay Gürsu, Peter Cherry	Science	29	Libsyn	58
84	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
85	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
87	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
88	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
90	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
91	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
92	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
93	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
95	Unrestrained: A CPI Podcast	Terry Vittone	Science	76	Libsyn	27
96	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
98	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
99	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
100	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79

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