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 Dec 2025

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12/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 250

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:51:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. JSTOR Daily (2 shows)

4. Policy Press (1 shows)

5. Matt Sedlar (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 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	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	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	338	Simplecast	63
6	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
7	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
11	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
15	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
16	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	242	Megaphone	38
17	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
18	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
22	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
24	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
25	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
26	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
27	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
28	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
29	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
32	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
33	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
34	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
36	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
37	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	58
39	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
40	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
43	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
47	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
48	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
49	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
50	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
51	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
52	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
53	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
54	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
55	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
57	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
59	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
61	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
62	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
63	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
65	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
66	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
67	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
68	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
69	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
70	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	482	Audioboom	63
71	Human Centered	Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences	Science	90	Simplecast	69
72	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
73	Functional Relations	Zachary Bird, PhD, BCBA-D and Caleb Davis, PhD, BCBA-D	Science	50	Libsyn	68
74	The SIREN Podcast	Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network	Science	46	Transistor	68
75	CEU Cast	Edmond Counseling and Professional Development	Science	5	Podomatic	49
76	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
77	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
78	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
80	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
81	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
82	Why We Do What We Do	Abraham	Science	612	Spreaker	59
83	Conversations on Intellectual Humility	JSTOR Daily	Science	6	Libsyn	52
84	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	148	Buzzsprout	73
85	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
86	This View of Life	This View of Life	Science	60	Libsyn	53
87	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
88	Humans in Public Health	Brown University School of Public Health	Science	20	Captivate	53
89	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
90	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
91	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
93	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
94	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
97	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
98	Scientista	Scientista	Science	61	Buzzsprout	38
99	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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