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 19 May 2025

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05/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 460

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:46:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. NPR (2 shows)

5. Andrew Bustamante (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. PRX (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
7	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1441	Simplecast	63
9	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1587	Simplecast	58
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
12	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	483	Megaphone	63
15	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
18	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
23	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
25	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
27	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
28	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
32	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
33	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
34	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
35	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
36	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
37	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
38	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	45	Megaphone	53
39	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
41	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
42	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
43	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
44	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
45	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
46	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
47	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
48	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
49	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
50	Nephilim Death Squad	TopLobsta Productions	Religion & Spirituality	727	Spreaker	74
51	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
52	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
53	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
54	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	98	Substack	53
55	Patterns Tell Stories \| UFOs & High Strangeness	KLAɄЅ & GΔRRΞTT	Science	82	Podbean	32
56	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
57	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
58	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
59	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
60	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
61	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
62	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
63	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
64	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
65	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
66	Health Wanted	WABE	Science	106	Omny Studio	63
67	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	287	Megaphone	38
68	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
69	MinuteEarth	Minute Earth	Science	449	Megaphone	59
70	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
71	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
72	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
73	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	427	Simplecast	48
74	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1610	Unknown	48
75	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
76	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
77	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
78	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
79	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1993	Megaphone	38
80	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
81	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
82	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
83	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
84	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
85	Living Planet	DW	Science	500	Unknown	48
86	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
87	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
88	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
89	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
90	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
92	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
93	The Deep End	Science News	Science	8	PRX	59
94	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
95	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
96	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
97	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
98	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
99	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
100	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69

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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