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 Dec 2025

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12/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 481

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:04:47

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

5. American Psychological Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
6	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
14	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
16	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
17	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
20	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
21	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
22	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	373	RSS.com	32
23	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	85	PRX	79
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
26	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
27	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
28	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
33	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
36	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
37	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	97	Buzzsprout	49
38	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	BIOACTIVE	Riley D. Kirk, Ph.D.	Science	97	Megaphone	59
41	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
42	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
43	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
44	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
45	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
46	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
48	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	64	Megaphone	53
49	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
50	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	228	Unknown	54
51	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
52	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
53	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	815	Spreaker	54
54	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
55	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
56	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
57	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
58	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
59	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
60	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
61	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
62	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
63	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
64	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
65	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	24	Libsyn	53
66	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
67	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
68	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
69	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
70	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1985	Megaphone	38
71	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
72	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
73	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
74	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
75	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
76	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
77	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
78	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
79	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
80	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
81	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
82	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
83	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
84	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
85	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
86	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
87	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
89	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
90	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
91	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
92	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
93	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	571	Libsyn	68
94	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
95	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
96	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
97	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	274	Megaphone	38
98	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
99	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
100	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63

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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