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 Dec 2025

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12/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:53:04

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

5. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
6	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
24	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
31	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
32	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
36	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
37	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
38	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
39	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
40	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
41	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
42	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
43	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
44	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
45	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
46	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
47	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
48	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
52	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
53	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
54	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
55	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
56	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
57	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
58	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
59	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
60	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
63	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
64	Anatomy of the State Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Mises Institute	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
67	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
69	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
70	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
71	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
72	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	Political Science? No problem et al.!	Viktor Burgi & Julius Kölzer	Science	8	podcaster.de	59
75	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
77	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
78	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
79	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
81	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
82	Jay's Conversations	Jalen Layfield	Science	13	Captivate	69
83	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
84	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
85	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
86	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
87	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
88	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
89	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
90	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
91	Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis	Cammie D.	Science	60	Unknown	62
92	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
93	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
94	History of Everything	AMI-1	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
96	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
98	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
99	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
100	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	52	Libsyn	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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