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 Jul 2025

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07/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 391

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:52:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. NPR (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Springer Nature Limited (1 shows)

5. American Birding Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
8	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
14	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
16	On Humans	Ilari Mäkelä	Education	109	Spotify for Podcasters	53
17	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
18	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
19	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
21	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
23	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
24	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
25	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
26	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
27	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
28	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
29	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
30	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
31	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
32	WeatherBrains	Big Brains Media LLC	Science	100	Libsyn	43
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
35	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
36	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
38	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
39	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
40	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
41	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
42	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
43	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
44	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
45	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
46	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
47	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
49	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
50	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
51	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
52	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
53	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
54	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
55	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
56	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
57	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	297	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
59	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
60	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
61	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
62	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
63	Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	67	Acast	62
64	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
65	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
66	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
67	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
68	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
69	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
70	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
71	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
72	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
73	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
74	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
75	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
76	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
77	Kindred	Kate Coffin	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	63
78	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
79	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
80	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
82	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
83	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
84	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
85	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
86	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
87	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
88	Future Ecologies	Future Ecologies	Science	114	Captivate	63
89	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
90	The Catholic Scientist	The Society of Catholic Scientists	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
91	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
92	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
93	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
94	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	53
95	Native Plants, Healthy Planet	Pinelands Nursery, Bleav	Science	336	Simplecast	52
96	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
97	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
98	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
99	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
100	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53

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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