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 03 juin 2025

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06/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 418

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:48

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

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

5. American Psychological Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (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	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
6	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	361	Simplecast	58
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
9	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
11	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
12	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1404	Simplecast	63
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
14	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
16	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
18	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
19	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
20	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
21	Nephilim Death Squad	Nephilimdsquad	Comedy	383	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
23	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
25	Bugs Need Heroes	BugsNeedHeroes	Science	109	Podbean	58
26	Back From the Brink, from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Science	31	Transistor	83
27	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
28	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
33	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
34	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
35	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
36	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
37	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
38	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
39	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
40	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
41	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
42	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
43	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
44	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
45	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
46	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
47	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
49	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
50	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
51	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
52	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
53	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
54	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
55	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
56	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
57	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
59	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
62	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
63	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
64	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
65	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
70	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
71	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
72	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
73	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
74	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	53
75	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
76	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
78	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
79	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
80	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1966	Megaphone	32
81	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
82	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
83	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
84	The Deep End	Science News	Science	8	PRX	59
85	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
86	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	301	ART19	63
87	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
88	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
89	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	296	Acast	43
90	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
91	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
93	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	43	Megaphone	59
94	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
95	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
96	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
97	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
99	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
100	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48

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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