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 23 Sep 2025

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09/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 491

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:26:27

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp (1 shows)

4. Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

5. BYUradio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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	631	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
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	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
7	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
8	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
11	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
15	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
17	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
18	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	368	Simplecast	52
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
20	The Futurists	Provoke.fm	Science	164	Blubrry	43
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
22	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	542	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
26	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
29	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
30	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
31	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
33	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
34	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
35	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
36	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
37	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
38	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
39	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
40	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
41	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
42	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
43	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
44	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
45	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	277	Megaphone	38
46	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
47	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
48	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
49	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
50	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
53	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
55	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
56	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
57	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
58	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
59	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
60	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
62	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
64	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
65	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
66	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
67	Opinionated History of Mathematics	Intellectual Mathematics	Science	40	Blubrry Podcasting	38
68	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
69	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
70	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
71	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
72	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
73	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
74	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
75	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
76	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
78	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
79	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
80	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
81	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
82	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
85	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
86	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
87	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
88	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
89	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
90	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
91	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
92	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
93	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
94	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
95	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
96	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
97	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
98	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
99	Voices of Discovery	Roxie Robinson	Science	18	Simplecast	53
100	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48

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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