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 Nov 2025

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11/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:50:50

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. 洪晃|晃然大悟 (1 shows)

5. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
17	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
21	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
23	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
24	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
29	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
30	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
32	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
33	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
36	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
37	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
40	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
41	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
42	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
43	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
46	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
47	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
48	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
49	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
52	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
53	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
54	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	46	Podigee	79
55	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
57	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
58	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
60	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
61	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	368	Podbean	42
62	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
63	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
64	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
65	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
67	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
68	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
69	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
70	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
71	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
72	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
73	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
74	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	Ethics & Psychology	johngavazzi@aol.com (John Gavazzi)	Science	25	Libsyn	48
77	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
79	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
81	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
82	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
83	Bad Art	Colin McLaughlin-Alcock and Mariel Gruszko	Science	8	Blubrry	63
84	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
85	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
86	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
88	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
89	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
90	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
91	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
92	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
93	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	201	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
95	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
96	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Within & Between	Within&Between Podcast	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
100	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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