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 Dec 2025

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12/29/2025

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Episodes: 291

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:52:00

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	541	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	342	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
7	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
8	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
10	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
11	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
19	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
20	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	276	Megaphone	38
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
23	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
24	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	137	Megaphone	48
29	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	616	Libsyn	58
30	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
31	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
32	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
33	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
34	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
35	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
36	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
37	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	943	Libsyn	49
38	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
39	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
41	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
42	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
43	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
44	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
45	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
46	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
47	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
48	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
49	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
50	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
51	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
52	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
53	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
54	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	510	Substack	53
56	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
58	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
59	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
61	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
62	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
63	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
65	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
66	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
67	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
68	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
69	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
70	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
71	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	148	Substack	43
72	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	610	Spreaker	33
73	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
74	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
75	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
77	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
78	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
79	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
80	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
81	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
82	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
83	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
84	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
85	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
86	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
88	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	51	Libsyn	68
89	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	596	Libsyn	37
90	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
91	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
92	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
93	荷你谈心	荷小心	Science	51	Ximalaya	53
94	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	79	Buzzsprout	38
95	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
96	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
99	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
100	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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