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 Jun 2025

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06/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:54

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Scott Carney (1 shows)

3. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

4. Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D. (1 shows)

5. Yale School of Medicine (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 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	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
23	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
28	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
31	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
32	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	19	Buzzsprout	89
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
36	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
37	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
38	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
39	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
40	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
41	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
42	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
49	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
50	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
51	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
52	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
55	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
56	Queens of Social Work Details temporarily unavailable	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
57	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	47
59	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
60	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
61	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
62	Safe As Podcast	Ben Hutchinson	Science	103	Spotify for Podcasters	42
63	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
64	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
65	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
67	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
68	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
69	COMM As You Are	commgradpromo	Science	5	Podbean	48
71	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
72	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
73	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
75	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
76	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
77	APA HAI	APA HAI section	Science	105	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!	Virtual Brain Health Center	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
80	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
81	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
82	Futures Research Unpacked	Wensupu Yang	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
84	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
85	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
86	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
87	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
88	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
89	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
90	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
92	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
93	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
94	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
95	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
96	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
97	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
98	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
99	Radio-Masir\| رادیو مسیر	Ali Bighash	Science	16	Podbean	37
100	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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