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 Dec 2025

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12/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 510

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:24:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
7	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1429	Simplecast	63
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
10	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1578	Simplecast	58
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	477	Megaphone	63
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	536	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	318	Megaphone	53
16	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
19	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
20	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
21	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	83	PRX	79
22	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	373	RSS.com	32
23	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
28	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
29	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	501	Buzzsprout	42
32	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
33	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
34	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	373	Transistor	73
36	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1601	Unknown	48
37	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
38	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
39	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	97	Buzzsprout	49
40	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
41	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
42	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
43	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	228	Unknown	54
44	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
45	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
47	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	414	Megaphone	48
48	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
49	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	564	Spreaker	49
50	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
51	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
52	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
53	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
54	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
56	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
57	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
58	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
59	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
60	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
61	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	417	Libsyn	37
62	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
63	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
64	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	372	PRX	53
66	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	236	Spreaker	49
67	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
68	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
69	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
70	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	64	Megaphone	53
71	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
72	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1984	Megaphone	38
73	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
74	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
75	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
76	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	291	Spreaker	59
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
78	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1367	Omny Studio	38
79	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
80	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
81	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
82	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
83	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
84	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
85	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
86	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
87	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
88	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	311	Spreaker	84
89	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
90	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
91	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
92	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	704	Libsyn	43
93	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	425	Simplecast	48
94	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	677	Spreaker	59
95	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
96	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	815	Spreaker	54
97	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
98	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
99	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	446	Spreaker	54
100	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42

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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