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 10 Sep 2025

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09/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 460

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. KUOW News and Information (1 shows)

5. NPR (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
14	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
15	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
16	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
17	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
19	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
20	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
22	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
25	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
26	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
28	My Take On It with Your Angelic Karma®	Your Angelic Karma	Science	718	Spreaker	43
29	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
31	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
32	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	371	Simplecast	52
33	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
34	The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu	theliuniverse	Science	82	Podbean	57
35	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
36	Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson	Giant Leap	Science	17	Acast	68
37	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
38	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
39	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
40	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
41	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
42	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
43	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
44	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
45	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
46	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
47	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
49	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
50	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
51	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
52	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
53	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
54	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
55	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
56	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
57	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
58	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
59	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
60	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
61	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
62	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
63	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
64	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
65	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
66	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
68	Hard Truths	Ashton Forbes	Science	28	Spreaker	49
69	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
70	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
71	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
72	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
73	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
74	Flash Forward	Rose Eveleth	Science	186	N/A	N/A
75	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
76	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
77	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
78	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
79	Curiosity Weekly	Discovery	Science	1632	Acast	69
80	Native Plants, Healthy Planet	Pinelands Nursery, Bleav	Science	340	Simplecast	52
81	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
82	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
83	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
84	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
85	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	400	Simplecast	69
86	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
87	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
88	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
89	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
90	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
91	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
92	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
93	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
95	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
96	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
97	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
98	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
99	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
100	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28

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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