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 Nov 2025

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11/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 482

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:26:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Science Friday and WNYC Studios (1 shows)

4. Jeremiah Byron (1 shows)

5. Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
7	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
9	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
10	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	79	PRX	79
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
18	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
20	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
21	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
22	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
23	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
24	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
26	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
30	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
31	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
32	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
35	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
36	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
37	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
42	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
43	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
44	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
45	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
47	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
48	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
49	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
50	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
51	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
53	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
54	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
55	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
56	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
57	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
58	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
59	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
60	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
61	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
62	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
63	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
64	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
65	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
66	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
67	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
68	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
69	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
70	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
72	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
73	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
74	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
75	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
76	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
77	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	422	Libsyn	38
78	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
80	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
81	Pri-Med Podcasts	Pri-Med	Science	562	Podbean	32
82	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
83	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
84	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
85	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
86	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
87	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
88	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
89	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
90	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
91	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
92	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	43
93	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
94	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
95	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
96	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
97	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
98	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	584	ART19	62
99	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
100	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63

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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