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 Oct 2025

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10/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 472

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 00:48:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. PRX (1 shows)

4. Velvet (1 shows)

5. Micah Hanks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
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	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
15	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
18	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
20	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
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	143	Omny Studio	42
24	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
25	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
26	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
29	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
31	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
32	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
33	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
34	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
36	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
37	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
38	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
39	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
40	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
41	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
42	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
43	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
44	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
45	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
46	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
47	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
48	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
49	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
50	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
51	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
52	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
55	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
56	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
58	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
59	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
60	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	275	Megaphone	38
61	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
62	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
63	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
64	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
65	Ingenious: how research transforms our world	UoAMediaTeam	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
67	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
68	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
69	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	32	PRX	69
70	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
71	Altered States	PRX	Science	25	PRX	69
72	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
73	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
74	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
75	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
76	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
77	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
78	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
79	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
80	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
81	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
82	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
83	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
84	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
85	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
86	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
87	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
88	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
89	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
90	The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu	theliuniverse	Science	81	Podbean	57
91	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
92	Curiosity Weekly	Discovery	Science	1632	Acast	69
93	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
94	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
95	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
96	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
97	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
98	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
100	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43

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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