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 Aug 2025

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08/29/2025

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Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:45:56

Top 5 authors

1. Peterson Institute for International Economics (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

4. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

5. Matt Cicoria (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
5	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
6	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
11	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
20	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
21	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
22	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
26	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
27	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
28	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
29	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
34	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
35	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
36	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
37	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
38	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
39	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
41	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
42	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
43	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
44	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
45	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
47	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
48	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
49	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
51	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
52	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
53	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
54	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
55	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
56	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
57	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
58	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
59	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
60	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
61	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
63	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
64	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
66	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
67	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
68	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
69	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
70	The Divorce Doctor	Elizabeth Cohen, Ph.D.	Science	65	Libsyn	73
71	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
72	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
73	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
75	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
77	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
78	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
79	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
80	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
82	Rural Health Leadership Radio™	Dr. Bill Auxier	Science	100	Libsyn	63
83	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	197	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
85	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
86	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
87	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
90	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
91	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
92	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
93	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
94	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
95	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
96	Policy for the Planet	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	31	Libsyn	83
97	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
98	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	The Motivation Mindset with Risa Williams	Risa Williams	Science	133	Buzzsprout	53
100	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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