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 25 Jul 2025

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07/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 448

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:48:12

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NPR (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 shows)

5. Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1342	Megaphone	58
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
5	Stories of Impact	Talkbox	Science	126	Libsyn	83
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
7	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	472	Megaphone	63
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
10	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
11	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1413	Simplecast	63
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
13	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1566	Simplecast	58
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
15	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	363	Simplecast	58
16	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
18	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
19	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	515	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
22	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
23	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
24	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
27	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
28	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
29	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
30	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
31	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
32	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	253	Megaphone	38
33	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
36	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
37	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
38	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	849	Omny Studio	48
40	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
41	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
42	Kindred	Kate Coffin	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	63
43	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
44	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
45	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
46	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
47	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	576	RedCircle	53
48	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
49	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
50	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
52	The Habitat	Gimlet	Science	10	Megaphone	64
53	Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat	Orion Publishing Ltd.	Science	9	Acast	79
54	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
55	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
56	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
57	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
58	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
59	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
60	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
61	MinuteEarth	Minute Earth	Science	449	Megaphone	59
62	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
63	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
64	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
65	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
66	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
68	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
69	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
70	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
71	Native Plants, Healthy Planet	Pinelands Nursery, Bleav	Science	335	Simplecast	52
72	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
73	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
74	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
75	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
76	State of Seed	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	79
77	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	583	ART19	62
78	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
79	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
80	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
81	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
82	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
83	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
84	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1973	Megaphone	32
85	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1590	Unknown	48
86	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
88	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	297	Acast	43
89	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
90	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48
91	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
92	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	166	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
94	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
95	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	94	Megaphone	63
96	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
97	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
98	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	561	Spreaker	49
99	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
100	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32

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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