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 15 Sep 2025

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09/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 555

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 31:26:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Science Magazine (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
4	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1357	Megaphone	58
5	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1434	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
7	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1581	Simplecast	58
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
11	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
12	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
15	The Futurists	Provoke.fm	Science	164	Blubrry	43
16	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
18	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
19	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
20	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	543	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
22	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
23	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
24	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
26	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
28	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
29	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
30	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
31	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
32	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
33	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
36	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
37	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
38	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
39	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
41	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
42	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
43	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	375	Transistor	73
44	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
45	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
46	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
47	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
48	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
49	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
50	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	247	Spreaker	53
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
53	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
54	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
55	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1987	Megaphone	38
56	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	160	PRX	69
57	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
58	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
59	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
60	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
61	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
62	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	368	Simplecast	52
63	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
64	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
65	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
66	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
67	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
68	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
69	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
70	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
71	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
72	Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson	Giant Leap	Science	17	Acast	68
73	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
74	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
75	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
76	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
77	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
78	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
79	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
80	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
81	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
82	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
83	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
84	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
85	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
86	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
87	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
88	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	992	Spreaker	53
89	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
90	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
91	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
92	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
93	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
94	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
95	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
96	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	449	Spreaker	54
97	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
98	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
99	Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur	Isaac Arthur	Science	1110	ART19	48
100	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	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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