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 30 Jun 2025

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06/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:54

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Shane Birkel (1 shows)

4. Yowei Shaw (1 shows)

5. Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
8	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
9	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
22	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
23	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
24	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
25	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
26	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
27	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
29	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
30	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
31	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
32	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
35	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
36	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
37	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
38	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
39	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
40	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
41	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
42	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
43	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	77	Buzzsprout	38
44	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
45	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
46	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
47	Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills	Lorain Moorehead	Science	37	Buzzsprout	42
48	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
49	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
50	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
51	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
53	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
54	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
56	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
57	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
58	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
59	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
60	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
63	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
64	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
65	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
66	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
67	Route Notes	Wesley Rich	Science	9	Podbean	48
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	16	Buzzsprout	79
70	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
72	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
73	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
74	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
75	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
76	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
78	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
79	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
81	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
82	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
85	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
86	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
87	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
88	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
90	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
91	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
92	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
93	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
94	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
95	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
96	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
97	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
99	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
100	Standards of Justice	All Rise	Science	5	RSS.com	58

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