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 Sep 2025

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09/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 471

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:41

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. TED (2 shows)

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

4. NPR (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1586	Simplecast	58
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1440	Simplecast	63
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	483	Megaphone	63
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
11	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	322	Megaphone	53
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
14	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
15	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
17	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
19	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
20	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	377	Transistor	73
21	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
22	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
24	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	551	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	371	Simplecast	52
26	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
27	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
28	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
29	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
30	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
31	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
32	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
33	My Take On It with Your Angelic Karma®	Your Angelic Karma	Science	718	Spreaker	43
34	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	285	Megaphone	38
35	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
36	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
37	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
38	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
39	Flash Forward	Rose Eveleth	Science	186	N/A	N/A
40	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
41	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
42	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
43	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
44	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
45	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
46	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
48	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
49	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
50	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
51	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
53	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
54	The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu	theliuniverse	Science	82	Podbean	57
55	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
56	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
57	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
58	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
59	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
60	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
61	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
62	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
63	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
64	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
65	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
66	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
67	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1992	Megaphone	38
68	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
69	Native Plants, Healthy Planet	Pinelands Nursery, Bleav	Science	340	Simplecast	52
70	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
71	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1609	Unknown	48
72	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
73	Speed & Scale	TED	Science	75	Acast	69
74	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
75	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
76	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
77	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
78	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
79	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
80	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
81	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
82	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
83	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
84	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
85	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
86	Curiosity Weekly	Discovery	Science	1632	Acast	69
87	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
88	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
89	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
90	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
91	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
92	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
93	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
96	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
97	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	251	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	98	Substack	53
99	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
100	MinuteEarth	Minute Earth	Science	449	Megaphone	59

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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