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 24 Oct 2025

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10/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 468

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:49:17

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BYUradio (1 shows)

4. theliuniverse (1 shows)

5. Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
8	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	480	Megaphone	63
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
15	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
16	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
19	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
21	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	369	Simplecast	52
22	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
23	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
24	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
25	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
26	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
28	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
31	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
32	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
33	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
34	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
36	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
37	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
38	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
39	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
40	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
41	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
42	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
43	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
44	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
45	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
46	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
48	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
49	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
50	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
51	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
52	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
55	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
56	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
57	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
58	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
59	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
60	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
61	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
62	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
63	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
64	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
65	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
66	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
67	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
68	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
69	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
70	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1989	Megaphone	38
71	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
72	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
73	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
74	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
75	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	160	PRX	69
76	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
77	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
78	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
79	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
80	The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu	theliuniverse	Science	82	Podbean	57
81	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
82	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
85	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
86	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
87	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
88	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
89	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
90	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
91	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
92	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	506	Podbean	27
93	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
94	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
95	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
96	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
98	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
99	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
100	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	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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