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 Dec 2025

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12/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 279

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:52:33

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

5. Forged In Fire (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	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	357	PRX	53
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
11	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
17	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
18	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
32	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
34	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
35	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
40	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
41	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
42	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
45	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
47	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
48	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
50	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
51	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
52	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
53	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
54	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
55	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
58	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
60	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
62	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
63	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
64	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
65	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
67	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
68	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
69	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
70	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
71	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
72	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
74	Positive Humanism: Thriving Without Superstition	Owen Hawthorne	Science & Medicine	27	Unknown	38
75	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
77	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
78	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
79	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
80	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
81	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
82	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
83	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
84	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
85	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
86	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
87	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
88	This View of Life	This View of Life	Science	60	Libsyn	53
89	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
90	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	141	RSS.com	52
91	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
92	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
93	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
94	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
95	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
96	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
97	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
98	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
99	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
100	Forged in Fire: LGBTQ+ Leadership	Forged In Fire	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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