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 Jul 2025

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07/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 227

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:48:13

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

3. Atlantic Council (1 shows)

4. American Psychiatric Association (1 shows)

5. JL McVey (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
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	352	PRX	53
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
13	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
16	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
24	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
25	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
26	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
29	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	ACCESS Division 33	APA Division 33 (IDD/ASD)	Science & Medicine	23	Squarespace	69
33	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
34	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
35	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
36	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
40	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
41	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
42	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
43	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
45	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
46	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
47	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
48	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
49	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
50	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
51	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
52	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
53	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
54	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
55	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
56	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
58	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
59	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
60	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
61	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
62	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
63	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
64	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
65	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
66	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	13	Captivate	63
67	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
68	Psychoanalysis and Addiction	Graeme Daniels	Science	131	Buzzsprout	52
69	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
70	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
71	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
72	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
73	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
74	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
75	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
76	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
78	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
79	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
80	Therapy 101	JL McVey	Science	12	RSS.com	63
81	Financing a Sustainable Future	Financial Markets Group	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
82	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
83	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
84	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
85	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
86	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
87	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
88	روزنک Rozanak \| روانشناسی و سلامت روان با رویکرد علمی	Farzad Bayan	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
92	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
93	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
94	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
95	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
96	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
97	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
98	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
99	Know What I'm Saying?	Mark Rupp & Connor Campbell	Science	90	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	Economies that work - for all	United Nations System Staff College	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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