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 Oct 2025

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10/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 283

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:49

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. Julian Jaynes Society (1 shows)

3. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

4. سهند ایرانمهر (1 shows)

5. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
5	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
7	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
8	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
17	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
20	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
21	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
22	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
25	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
26	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
27	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
32	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
33	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
34	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
37	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
38	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
39	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
40	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
41	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
43	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
44	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
45	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
46	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
47	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
48	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
49	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
50	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
51	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
52	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
53	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
55	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
58	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
59	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
60	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
61	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
62	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
63	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
64	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
65	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
69	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	147	Buzzsprout	73
70	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
71	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
72	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
73	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
74	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
75	سهند ایرانمهر	سهند ایرانمهر	Science	49	Spreaker	69
76	超リアルな行動心理学	FERMONDO	Science	217	Spotify for Podcasters	33
77	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
78	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
81	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
82	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
84	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
85	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
86	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
87	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
88	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
89	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
90	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
91	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
92	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
93	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
95	Forgotten Victims: The Forensic Interview	Modell Consulting Group	Science	36	RSS.com	58
96	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
97	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
98	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
99	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
100	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57

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