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 18 Oct 2025

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10/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 485

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

4. Gamut Podcast Network (1 shows)

5. Popular Science (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
15	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
18	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
20	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
22	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
23	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
24	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
25	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
26	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
27	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
28	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
29	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
30	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
31	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
32	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
33	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
36	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
37	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
38	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
39	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
40	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
41	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
42	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
43	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
44	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
45	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
46	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
47	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
48	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
49	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
51	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
52	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
54	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
55	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
56	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
58	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
59	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
60	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	275	Megaphone	38
61	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
62	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
63	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
64	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
65	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
66	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
67	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
68	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
69	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
70	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
71	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
72	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
73	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
75	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
76	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	247	Spreaker	53
77	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
79	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
80	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
81	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
82	The Futurists	Provoke.fm	Science	164	Blubrry	43
83	Fortean Winds	RamX	Science	40	Buzzsprout	68
84	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
85	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
86	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
87	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
88	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
89	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
90	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
91	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
92	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
93	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
94	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
97	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
99	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
100	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58

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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