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 31 May 2025

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05/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 226

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:47

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. John Molyneux (1 shows)

3. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

4. Indre Viskontas (1 shows)

5. Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
3	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
4	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	258	Megaphone	38
10	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	275	Omny Studio	63
11	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1123	Audioboom	48
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
15	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
16	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	950	Megaphone	63
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	76	Megaphone	53
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	614	Libsyn	58
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
25	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
26	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
27	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
28	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
29	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
32	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
33	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	147	Blubrry	59
34	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	319	Libsyn	38
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
37	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
38	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
39	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
41	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
43	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
46	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
48	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
49	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
50	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
52	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
53	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	330	Podbean	37
58	Play Therapy Community	Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant	Science	100	Libsyn	53
59	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	297	Podbean	52
60	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
61	Psychology Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale School of Medicine	Social Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
62	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
63	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
64	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
66	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Clinical Consult	National Register of Health Service Psychologists	Science	53	Blubrry	49
69	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
70	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
72	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
73	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
74	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
75	Otaghe Moshavereh \| پادکست اتاق مشاوره	PersianBMS	Science	30	Transistor	48
76	No Politics	Daniel Tintle	Science	75	RSS.com	38
77	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
78	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	The John Howard Show	John Howard, MA	Science	64	Libsyn	43
80	Climate Shifted	Two Hands Brands	Science	9	Podbean	58
81	How to Think about the Economy: A Primer	Mises Institute	Science	12	Unknown	48
82	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
84	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
85	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
86	🧠 Let's Talk Brain Health!	Virtual Brain Health Center	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
88	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
89	Unrestrained: A CPI Podcast	Terry Vittone	Science	76	Libsyn	27
90	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
91	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
92	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
93	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
94	Signal and Noise	Sadullah M. Bağ	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	مع تميم	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	5	Omny Studio	63
96	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
97	REvaluation Podcast	fteval	Science	35	Buzzsprout	62
98	My Third Eye Podcast	M3E Media	Science	337	RedCircle	58
99	Dear Social Worker, Let's Talk	Le'Siran Edwards	Science	99	Spotify for Podcasters	52
100	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63

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