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 Jun 2025

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06/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 249

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:25

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

3. NPR (1 shows)

4. Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D. (1 shows)

5. 8th Kind (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
6	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
11	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	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	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
24	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
25	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
26	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
32	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
33	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
35	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
36	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
37	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
38	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
39	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
43	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
44	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
46	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
47	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
48	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	24	Buzzsprout	79
49	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
52	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
55	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
58	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
59	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
60	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
61	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	174	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
63	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
64	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
65	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	Universal Disclosure Podcast (Investigating UFOs, UAP, and Spiritual Beliefs)	UFO Investigator Mike and Reverend Stu	Science	83	Buzzsprout	68
68	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
69	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Education	268	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
71	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
72	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
73	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
74	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
75	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
76	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
77	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
78	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
79	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
80	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	623	Spreaker	59
81	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
82	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
83	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
84	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
85	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
86	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	613	Spreaker	33
88	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
89	Positive Humanism: Thriving Without Superstition	Owen Hawthorne	Science & Medicine	27	Unknown	38
90	The Belt and Road Podcast	Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	47
91	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
92	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
93	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
94	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
95	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
98	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
99	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58

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