Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Science

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 13 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 429

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

5. Vincent Racaniello (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	569	Simplecast	53
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	465	Simplecast	63
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	507	Simplecast	73
4	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1031	Simplecast	63
5	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	453	Libsyn	53
6	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1121	Megaphone	58
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	150	Simplecast	63
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	37	Simplecast	73
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1327	Megaphone	63
10	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	669	Libsyn	49
11	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| QCODE	Science	169	Megaphone	73
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	350	Megaphone	63
13	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	10	Simplecast	73
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network	Science	246	Megaphone	68
15	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	292	Podetize	48
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	222	Megaphone	59
17	The Resetter Podcast with Dr. Mindy	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	301	Libsyn	68
18	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	296	Megaphone	69
19	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	33
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	408	Buzzsprout	42
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll \| Wondery	Science	388	ART19	48
22	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	24	Podbean	42
23	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	102	N/A	N/A
24	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	375	Spreaker	49
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Y3 Productions	Science	31	Libsyn	63
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	274	Unknown	53
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	730	Omny Studio	53
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	87	Megaphone	83
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1049	Libsyn	43
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	70	Megaphone	69
33	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	570	Spreaker	69
34	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	859	Spreaker	84
35	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	275	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Invisibilia	NPR	Science	88	Megaphone	63
37	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	239	BBC	39
38	Speaking of Psychology	American Psychological Association	Science	386	Libsyn	43
39	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	News	547	Acast	69
40	Cosmosis [Formerly The UFO Rabbit Hole]	Kelly Chase & Jay Christopher King	Science	79	Simplecast	63
41	The Director's Desk	National Institutes of Health	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	184	Unknown	73
43	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	181	Simplecast	52
44	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	18	Acast	59
45	Dharma Lab	Dharma Lab	Science	1	Substack	59
46	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	469	Omny Studio	38
47	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	119	Omny Studio	48
48	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	122	Buzzsprout	63
49	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
50	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	802	BBC	33
51	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	246	Libsyn	48
53	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	956	Audioboom	48
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	291	PRX	59
55	Robert Sapolsky \| Father-Offspring Interviews	Robert Sapolsky	Science	74	Podbean	42
56	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	349	Simplecast	53
57	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	85	Megaphone	69
58	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	39	Simplecast	62
59	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	2451	Simplecast	59
60	Osterholm Update	CIDRAP	Science	196	Unknown	54
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	724	Spreaker	54
62	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	65	PRX	64
63	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	543	Libsyn	63
64	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	309	Spreaker	59
65	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	233	Megaphone	38
66	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	281	Unknown	43
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	399	Unknown	58
68	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1812	Megaphone	38
69	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO and Lore Interviews	Podcast Audio House	Science	240	Spreaker	59
70	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	207	Megaphone	68
71	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	452	Audioboom	48
72	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1389	Fireside	43
73	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Stephen Diener with Hubbard Podcasts	Science	255	Megaphone	32
74	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science & Medicine	102	Squarespace	58
75	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	444	RedCircle	59
76	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	335	Audioboom	63
77	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	313	Libsyn	58
78	Drilled	Critical Frequency	Science	250	Megaphone	69
79	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	112	Simplecast	53
80	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	707	Acast	59
81	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	136	Unknown	28
82	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	104	Libsyn	69
83	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	465	Acast	43
84	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	488	RedCircle	59
85	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	59	Acast	53
86	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	820	Acast	43
87	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	600	Megaphone	38
88	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	157	Buzzsprout	42
89	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	97	Audioboom	42
90	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	327	Simplecast	73
91	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	135	Substack	53
92	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	494	Spreaker	49
93	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
94	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	89	Libsyn	73
95	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	128	Omny Studio	48
96	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	244	ART19	63
97	MinuteEarth	Minute Earth	Science	312	Megaphone	59
98	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	335	Simplecast	69
99	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	2841	Audioboom	48
100	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	356	Libsyn	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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