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 02 Sep 2025

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09/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 438

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 31:45:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

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

5. Hannah Fry (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
4	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
7	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	478	Megaphone	63
8	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1430	Simplecast	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
14	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
19	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	538	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
21	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
23	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	273	Megaphone	38
24	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
25	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
26	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
28	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
31	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
32	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
33	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
34	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
35	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
36	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
37	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
38	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
39	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
42	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
43	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
44	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
45	Flash Forward	Rose Eveleth	Science	186	N/A	N/A
46	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
47	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
48	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
49	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
50	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
51	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
53	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
54	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
55	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
56	Kindred	Kate Coffin	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	63
57	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
58	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
59	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
60	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
61	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
62	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
63	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1985	Megaphone	38
64	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
65	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
66	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
67	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
68	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
69	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
70	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1602	Unknown	48
71	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
72	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
73	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
74	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	372	PRX	53
75	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
76	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
77	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
78	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
79	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
80	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
81	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
82	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
83	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
84	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
85	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
86	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
87	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
88	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
89	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
90	The Feldman Protocol	Dave Feldman	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
93	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
94	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
95	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
96	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
97	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
98	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
99	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62

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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