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 Dec 2025

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12/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:53:02

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. Stanford Center on Longevity (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	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	345	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
8	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
9	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
10	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
13	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
17	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
19	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
21	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
22	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
27	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
28	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
31	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
32	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
33	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
35	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
36	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
37	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
38	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
39	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
40	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
41	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
42	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
43	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
47	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
48	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	136	Buzzsprout	78
50	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
51	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
52	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	944	Libsyn	49
53	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
54	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
55	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	29	Captivate	68
58	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
59	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
60	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
62	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
63	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
64	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
66	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
67	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
69	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	333	Podbean	37
70	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
71	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
72	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
73	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
74	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
75	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
76	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
77	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
78	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	301	Podbean	52
79	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
80	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
81	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
83	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
84	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
85	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
86	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
87	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	46	Podigee	79
88	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
90	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
91	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
92	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
93	From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism	Ryan Sumner	Science	145	RSS.com	52
94	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
95	Be change \| بی‌چنج پادکست	فردای اقتصاد	Science	6	Castbox	32
96	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
98	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
99	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
100	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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