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 Oct 2025

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10/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 289

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:49:43

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (5 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. SAPIENS (1 shows)

4. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

5. 8th Kind (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 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	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
5	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
6	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
15	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
16	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
18	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
20	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
24	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
29	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
37	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
41	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
42	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
43	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
49	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
50	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
55	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
56	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
59	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
61	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
62	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
63	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
66	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
67	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
68	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
69	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
71	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
72	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
73	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28
74	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	598	Simplecast	63
76	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
77	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
78	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
80	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
81	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
83	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
84	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
86	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	28	Captivate	68
87	Deem Audio \| Future Feelings with Radha Mistry	Deem Audio	Science	6	Simplecast	63
88	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
89	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
90	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
91	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
92	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
93	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
94	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
95	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
97	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
99	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
100	Technology and the Mind	Dr. Nicolle Zapien	Science	27	Unknown	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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