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 May 2025

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05/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 234

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:46:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. Jacob Martinez (1 shows)

4. Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW (1 shows)

5. Hernán Melana (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
15	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
18	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
19	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
23	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
24	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
31	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
33	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
35	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
36	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
37	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
40	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
42	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
43	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
44	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
46	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
47	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
48	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
49	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
50	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
51	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
52	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
53	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
54	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
55	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
56	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
57	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
60	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
61	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
62	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
63	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
64	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
67	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
68	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
70	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
71	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
72	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
74	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
75	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
76	Higher Education with Dr. B Fran	Dr. Brittney Francis	Science	25	Acast	83
77	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
78	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
79	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
80	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
81	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
82	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
83	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
85	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Unraveling Behavior	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Science	7	podcaster.de	53
87	Science of Justice	Jury Analyst	Science	51	Buzzsprout	73
88	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
89	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
91	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
92	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
93	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
94	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
95	The ABA and PT Podcast	Mandy Mason	Science	41	Podbean	52
96	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
97	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
98	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
99	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	607	Spreaker	33
100	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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