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 28 Apr 2025

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04/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 261

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:44:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Risa Williams (1 shows)

4. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

5. Converging Dialogues (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (22 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Podbean (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	1337	Megaphone	58
3	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
6	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
8	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	220	Simplecast	58
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
15	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	41	Libsyn	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
18	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	245	Megaphone	38
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	738	Megaphone	63
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
26	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
31	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
34	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
35	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
36	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	507	Substack	53
45	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
46	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
50	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
52	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
53	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
54	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
55	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
56	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
58	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
59	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
60	הפודקסט על מרקס	Yiftah Goldman	Science	68	Podbean	48
61	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
62	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	328	Podbean	37
63	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
64	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
66	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
67	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
68	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
69	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
70	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
71	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
72	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
73	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
74	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
75	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
76	Finding Our Voices Today	Lisa Sandstrom	Science	51	Unknown	73
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
79	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
80	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
81	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
82	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	938	Libsyn	49
83	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
84	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	Drug Cultures	Unquantifiable Creations	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
87	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
88	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
89	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
91	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
93	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
94	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
95	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
96	The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution	The Pulaski Institution	Science	36	Buzzsprout	32
97	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
98	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	595	Simplecast	63
99	Austerity Radio \| راديو التقشف	MENAFem Movement	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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