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 Nov 2025

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11/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:51:53

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA (1 shows)

3. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

4. Mission Critical Team Institute (1 shows)

5. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Megaphone (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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 Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
16	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
35	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
38	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
39	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
40	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
41	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
44	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
45	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
47	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
48	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
49	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
50	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
51	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
52	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
53	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
54	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
55	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
58	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
59	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
60	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
61	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
62	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
64	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
65	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
66	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
67	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
68	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
71	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
72	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
73	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
74	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
75	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
76	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
78	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
79	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
81	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
83	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
86	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
87	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
88	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	Ethics & Psychology	johngavazzi@aol.com (John Gavazzi)	Science	25	Libsyn	48
90	Mind You with DK	Dakotah A. Carter	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
92	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
93	APA Journals Dialogue	American Psychological Association	Science	31	Megaphone	48
94	The Mad Genius Thesis	Mnemosyne Media	Science	151	Spotify for Podcasters	43
95	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
96	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
97	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
99	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57

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