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 12 Dec 2025

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12/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 485

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:05:45

Top 5 authors

1. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

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

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Nate Hagens (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1137	Simplecast	62
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
6	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	97	Megaphone	83
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1425	Simplecast	63
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1574	Simplecast	58
10	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	476	Megaphone	63
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
15	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	240	BBC	38
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
18	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
20	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
22	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
23	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	370	RSS.com	32
24	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
25	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
26	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	853	Omny Studio	48
28	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	82	PRX	79
29	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
32	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
36	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
37	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	629	Spreaker	69
38	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	704	Libsyn	43
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
41	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1598	Unknown	48
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
44	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
45	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
46	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
47	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
48	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
49	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	563	Spreaker	49
50	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	388	Podbean	41
51	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	50	Podbean	62
52	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
53	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
54	BIOACTIVE	Riley D. Kirk, Ph.D.	Science	96	Megaphone	59
55	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
56	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1981	Megaphone	38
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
59	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	63	Megaphone	53
60	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	644	Libsyn	58
61	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
62	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
64	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	813	Spreaker	54
65	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	460	Spreaker	59
66	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
67	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
68	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
69	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	167	BBC	38
70	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	663	Megaphone	32
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	89	ART19	52
72	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
73	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
74	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	245	Spreaker	53
75	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1366	Omny Studio	38
76	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	165	Buzzsprout	58
77	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	580	RedCircle	53
78	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
79	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
80	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
81	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	602	ART19	42
82	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
83	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	97	Buzzsprout	49
84	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
85	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	243	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	44	Unknown	89
87	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	570	Libsyn	68
88	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	444	Spreaker	54
89	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
90	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
91	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	79	Audioboom	59
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
93	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	443	Megaphone	62
94	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
95	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
96	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
97	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
98	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
99	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
100	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	989	Spreaker	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.

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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