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 11 Jan 2025

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01/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 469

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. Dr. Mindy Pelz (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 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	676	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
5	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
10	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
12	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
14	Ecosystemic Futures	Dyan Finkhousen: CEO of Shoshin Works	Science	115	CoHost	79
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
19	The Hotshot Wake Up	The Hotshot Wake Up	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	38
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
23	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
24	The Confessionals	Merkel Media	Religion & Spirituality	1177	Audioboom	58
25	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
26	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
28	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
29	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
32	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
34	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
35	The Big Disaster: The Big Burn	LAist Studios	Science	27	Omny Studio	48
36	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
37	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
38	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
39	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
40	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
41	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
42	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
43	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
44	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
45	Nephilim Death Squad	TopLobsta Productions	Religion & Spirituality	727	Spreaker	74
46	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
47	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
50	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
51	Health Wanted	WABE	Science	106	Omny Studio	63
52	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
53	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
54	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
55	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
56	I Was Prey	Animal Planet	Science	117	Acast	53
57	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
58	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
59	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
60	Living Planet	DW	Science	500	Unknown	48
61	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
62	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
63	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
64	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
65	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
66	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
67	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
68	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
69	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
70	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
71	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
72	HyperThetical	FilmNation Entertainment	Science	17	Megaphone	73
73	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
74	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	275	Megaphone	38
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
76	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
77	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	592	RedCircle	43
78	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
79	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
80	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48
81	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
82	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
83	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
84	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
85	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
86	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
87	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
88	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
89	Cosmos In You - Guide to Inner Space	Suzannah Scully	Religion & Spirituality	38	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
91	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
92	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
93	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
95	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
96	In Deep	American Public Media	Science	15	American Public Media	63
97	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
98	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
99	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
100	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	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.

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