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 29 Apr 2025

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04/29/2025

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Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:45:46

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

5. C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
4	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
16	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	256	Megaphone	38
18	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
21	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
25	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
32	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
33	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
34	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
35	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
36	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
37	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
38	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
39	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
40	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
42	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
43	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
44	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
46	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
49	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
50	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
51	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
52	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
53	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
55	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
57	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
59	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
60	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
61	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
62	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
63	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
64	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
66	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	137	RSS.com	52
67	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
68	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
69	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
70	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
71	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
72	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
73	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
74	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
75	Discover More	Benoit Kim	Science	174	Podbean	43
76	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
77	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
78	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
79	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
81	Neuropsych on the Mic	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology	Science	5	Libsyn	58
82	הפודקסט על מרקס	Yiftah Goldman	Science	68	Podbean	48
83	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
84	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
86	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
87	מחלקה פתוחה	The Hebrew University Psychology Department	Science	15	Podbean	58
88	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
89	BT Focus	Centria Autism	Science	60	Captivate	73
90	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	595	Simplecast	53
91	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
92	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
93	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
94	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
95	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
96	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
97	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	940	Libsyn	49
98	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
99	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
100	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2277	Acast	28

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