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 Jun 2025

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06/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 421

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:53

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Science Friday and WNYC Studios (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. PRX (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
9	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1587	Simplecast	58
11	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
12	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1441	Simplecast	63
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
14	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	483	Megaphone	63
16	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
18	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
19	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
20	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
21	Nephilim Death Squad	TopLobsta Productions	Religion & Spirituality	727	Spreaker	74
22	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
23	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
25	Bugs Need Heroes	BugsNeedHeroes	Science	112	Podbean	58
26	Back From the Brink, from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Science	35	Transistor	83
27	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
28	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	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	78	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	145	Omny Studio	42
36	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
37	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
38	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
39	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
40	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
41	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
42	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
43	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
44	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
45	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
46	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	287	Megaphone	38
47	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
49	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
50	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
51	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
52	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
53	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
54	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
55	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	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	92	ART19	52
59	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
62	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
63	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	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	370	Megaphone	53
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
70	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
71	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
72	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
73	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
74	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	98	Substack	53
75	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
76	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
78	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
79	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
80	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1993	Megaphone	38
81	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
82	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
83	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
84	The Deep End	Science News	Science	8	PRX	59
85	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
86	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
87	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
88	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
89	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	305	Acast	43
90	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
91	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
93	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	45	Megaphone	53
94	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
95	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	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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