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 Aug 2025

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08/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 251

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:47:29

Top 5 authors

1. Cambridge University (1 shows)

2. John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro (1 shows)

3. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

4. The Thoughful Counselor Team (1 shows)

5. Grey Dynamics (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (24 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Unknown (6 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	720	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
13	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
14	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	79	Megaphone	53
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	19	Libsyn	53
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1135	Audioboom	48
18	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
19	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	962	Megaphone	63
20	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	277	Omny Studio	63
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	341	Libsyn	47
24	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
29	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
30	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	614	Simplecast	63
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
33	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
35	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
38	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
39	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
40	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
41	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
42	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
43	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	147	Blubrry	59
44	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
45	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
46	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
47	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1594	Libsyn	57
48	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
49	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
50	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	487	Podbean	57
52	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری Details temporarily unavailable	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	191	Unknown	33
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
57	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
58	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
59	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
60	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
61	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
62	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	47
63	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
64	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
65	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
66	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
67	SciComm Hotline	Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
69	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
70	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
71	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
72	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
73	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
74	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	79	Libsyn	68
75	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	24	Substack	48
76	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
77	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
78	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
79	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
81	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
82	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
83	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
84	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
85	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	98	Libsyn	53
86	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
90	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
91	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
92	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
93	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
94	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
95	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
97	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
99	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
100	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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