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 26 Jun 2025

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06/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 470

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:50:01

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

5. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
6	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
9	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
10	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	371	Simplecast	52
12	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
16	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
17	On Humans	Ilari Mäkelä	Education	112	Spotify for Podcasters	38
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
20	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
21	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
23	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
25	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
27	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
28	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
29	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
31	Kohroner Chronicles	Dr. Roland M. Kohr	Science	20	Buzzsprout	68
32	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
33	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
34	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
35	Nephilim Death Squad	TopLobsta Productions	Religion & Spirituality	727	Spreaker	74
36	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
38	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
39	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
40	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
41	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
42	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
43	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
45	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
46	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
47	Back From the Brink, from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Science	35	Transistor	83
48	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
49	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
50	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
51	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
52	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
53	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
54	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
55	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
56	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
57	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
58	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
59	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
60	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
61	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
62	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
63	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
64	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
65	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
66	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
67	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
68	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
69	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
70	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
72	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
73	Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	67	Acast	62
74	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
75	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
76	FDA Direct	U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Science & Medicine	18	Feedburner	43
77	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
78	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
79	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
80	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
81	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
82	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
83	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
84	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
86	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
88	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
89	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
90	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	595	RedCircle	43
91	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
92	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
93	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
94	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	400	Simplecast	69
95	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
96	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
97	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48
98	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
100	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52

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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