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 Oct 2025

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10/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 487

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:26:19

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Stanford Engineering (1 shows)

4. NPR (1 shows)

5. Jeremiah Byron (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
10	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
14	The Futurists	Provoke.fm	Science	164	Blubrry	43
15	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
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	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
20	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
22	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
23	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
24	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
26	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
28	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
29	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
30	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
33	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
34	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
35	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
36	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
37	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
38	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
39	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
40	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
41	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
42	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
43	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
44	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
45	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
46	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
47	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
48	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
49	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
50	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	503	Podbean	27
53	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
54	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
55	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	275	Megaphone	38
56	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
58	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
59	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
60	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
61	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
62	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
63	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
64	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
65	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
66	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
67	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
68	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
69	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
70	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
71	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
72	Stanford Medcast: Expert Voices in Medicine and Healthcare	Stanford University School of Medicine	Science	112	Podbean	48
73	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
74	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
76	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
77	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
78	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
79	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
81	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
82	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
83	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
84	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
85	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
86	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
87	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
88	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
89	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
90	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
91	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
92	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
93	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
94	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
95	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
96	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
97	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
98	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
99	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	85	PRX	79
100	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37

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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