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 22 Oct 2025

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10/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 475

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:23:42

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor (1 shows)

4. Kerry Brett (1 shows)

5. Tyler and Charlie (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (15 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1349	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	536	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1423	Simplecast	63
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1572	Simplecast	58
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	475	Megaphone	63
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	316	Megaphone	53
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	512	Libsyn	48
15	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	528	Spotify for Podcasters	28
16	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
18	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	371	Transistor	73
19	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	499	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	141	Omny Studio	42
23	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	852	Omny Studio	48
24	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
25	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
26	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
27	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
32	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	629	Spreaker	69
33	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	79	Audioboom	59
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
36	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
37	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
42	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	812	Spreaker	54
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	460	Spreaker	59
45	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
46	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	602	ART19	42
47	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
48	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
49	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
50	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
51	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	167	BBC	38
52	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	663	Megaphone	32
53	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
54	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
55	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
56	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1597	Unknown	48
57	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
58	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	32	ART19	73
59	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
60	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	264	Megaphone	38
61	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	413	Megaphone	48
62	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	370	PRX	53
63	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	644	Libsyn	58
64	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
65	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	239	Unknown	73
66	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
67	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1979	Megaphone	32
68	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	382	Audioboom	63
69	CREOGs Over Coffee	CREOGs Over Coffee	Science	343	Podbean	48
70	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	563	Spreaker	49
71	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
72	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
73	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
74	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
75	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	212	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	189	Omny Studio	48
77	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
78	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1148	BBC	28
79	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
80	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	570	Libsyn	68
81	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
82	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
83	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	30	PRX	69
84	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
85	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	68
86	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	431	Libsyn	52
87	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	857	BBC	28
89	Fortean Winds	RamX	Science	40	Buzzsprout	68
90	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
91	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	746	Megaphone	63
92	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
93	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
94	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	472	Megaphone	53
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	579	RedCircle	53
97	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
98	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
99	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
100	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	416	Libsyn	37

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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