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 07 Oct 2025

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10/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 462

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:25:57

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. TED (2 shows)

5. Science Friday and WNYC Studios (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
5	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1137	Simplecast	62
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
8	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	476	Megaphone	63
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1425	Simplecast	63
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1574	Simplecast	58
12	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
14	The Futurists	Provoke.fm	Science	164	Blubrry	43
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
17	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
19	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
20	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
22	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
25	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
27	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	853	Omny Studio	48
29	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
30	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
31	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
32	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
33	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
34	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
35	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	240	BBC	38
36	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
37	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
38	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
39	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
40	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	265	Megaphone	38
41	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
42	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
43	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	82	PRX	79
44	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	68
45	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	629	Spreaker	69
46	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
47	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
48	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
49	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	602	ART19	42
50	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
51	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
52	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37
53	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	31	PRX	69
54	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
55	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
56	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
57	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
58	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	663	Megaphone	32
59	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
60	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	644	Libsyn	58
61	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
62	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
63	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
64	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	460	Spreaker	59
65	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1981	Megaphone	38
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1598	Unknown	48
67	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
68	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	640	Megaphone	58
69	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
70	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
72	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
73	Science Diction	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	43	Simplecast	73
74	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
75	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
76	Speed & Scale	TED	Science	75	Acast	69
77	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	563	Spreaker	49
78	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	443	Megaphone	62
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	388	Podbean	41
80	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1149	BBC	28
81	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	79	Audioboom	59
82	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
83	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
84	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
85	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	416	Libsyn	37
86	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	588	RedCircle	43
87	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
88	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
89	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
90	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
91	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
92	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
93	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	189	Omny Studio	48
94	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	228	Unknown	54
95	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	580	RedCircle	53
96	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
97	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
98	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
99	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	167	BBC	38
100	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	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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