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 Jun 2025

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06/28/2025

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Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:47:12

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. mehdi naji (1 shows)

4. Dr. Elio Martino (1 shows)

5. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Megaphone (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
5	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
9	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
24	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
31	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
34	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
35	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
36	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
37	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
38	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
39	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
42	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
43	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
44	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	16	Buzzsprout	79
45	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
48	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
49	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
51	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
52	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
53	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
54	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
55	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
58	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
60	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
61	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	47
62	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
65	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
67	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
68	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
69	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
70	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
71	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
72	Futures Research Unpacked	Wensupu Yang	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58
74	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
75	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
76	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
77	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
79	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
81	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
82	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
83	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
84	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
85	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
86	Economics Detective Radio	Garrett M. Petersen	Science	154	Libsyn	48
87	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
88	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
89	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
90	Cold Takes Audio	coldtakes	Science	50	Buzzsprout	32
91	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
93	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
94	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
95	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	80	Buzzsprout	68
96	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
97	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
98	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
99	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
100	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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