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 06 Jun 2025

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06/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 458

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:47:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. David Puder, M.D. (1 shows)

5. Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
7	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
8	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1442	Simplecast	63
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	484	Megaphone	63
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
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	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
16	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
18	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
22	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
23	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
24	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
26	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
27	Nephilim Death Squad	TopLobsta Productions	Religion & Spirituality	727	Spreaker	74
28	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
30	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
31	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
34	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
35	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
36	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
37	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
38	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	288	Megaphone	38
39	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
40	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
41	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
42	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
43	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
44	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
45	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
46	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
47	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
48	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
49	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
50	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
53	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
54	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
55	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
56	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
57	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
58	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
59	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
61	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
62	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
63	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
64	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
65	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1611	Unknown	48
66	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
67	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
68	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
69	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
70	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	707	Libsyn	43
71	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
72	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
73	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
74	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
75	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
76	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
77	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
78	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
79	The Deep End	Science News	Science	8	PRX	59
80	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
81	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	420	Libsyn	37
82	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
83	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1994	Megaphone	38
84	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
85	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	45	Megaphone	53
86	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
87	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
88	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	151	Simplecast	58
89	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	819	Spreaker	54
90	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
91	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	400	Simplecast	69
92	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
93	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
94	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
95	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
96	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
97	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1370	Omny Studio	38
98	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48
99	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
100	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63

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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