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Science podcast covers in the United States

Science covers are usually one bright flat colour and a single drawn object. Below is Apple’s current top 100 for Science in the United States, in chart order, with somewhere to put your own cover and see how it holds up beside them.

Looked after by Sleeve, a record sleeve.

Right now the top three are Something You Should Know, Hidden Brain and Science of Perception Box. Those three covers are the ones an American listener browsing Science sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the American Science chart

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  1. 1Something You Should Know cover art
    Something You Should Know
    Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media
  2. 2Hidden Brain cover art
    Hidden Brain
    Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
  3. 3Science of Perception Box cover art
    Science of Perception Box
    Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People
  4. 4Radiolab cover art
    Radiolab
    WNYC Studios
  5. 5
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  6. 6Ologies with Alie Ward cover art
    Ologies with Alie Ward
    Alie Ward
  7. 7StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson cover art
    StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
  8. 8Big Ideas Lab cover art
    Big Ideas Lab
    Mission.org
  9. 9Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration cover art
    Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
    Corinna Bellizzi
  10. 10Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life cover art
    Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life
    Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor
  11. 11Boring History for Sleep cover art
    Boring History for Sleep
    Velvet
  12. 12Short Wave cover art
    Short Wave
    NPR
  13. 13Science Friday cover art
    Science Friday
    Science Friday and WNYC Studios
  14. 14Health Optimization Medicine Podcast cover art
    Health Optimization Medicine Podcast
    Health Optimization Medicine and Practice
  15. 15Unexplainable cover art
    Unexplainable
    Vox
  16. 16Sasquatch Chronicles cover art
    Sasquatch Chronicles
    Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters
  17. 17Blurry Creatures cover art
    Blurry Creatures
    Blurry Creatures
  18. 18Science Vs cover art
    Science Vs
    Spotify Studios
  19. 19DarkHorse Podcast cover art
    DarkHorse Podcast
    Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
  20. 20Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks cover art
    Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
    Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media
  21. 21The Rest Is Science cover art
    The Rest Is Science
    Goalhanger
  22. 22Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse cover art
    Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
    Agoric Media
  23. 23This Podcast Will Kill You cover art
    This Podcast Will Kill You
    Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
  24. 24Making Sense with Sam Harris cover art
    Making Sense with Sam Harris
    Sam Harris
  25. 25Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas cover art
    Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
    Sean Carroll
  26. 26Choiceology with Katy Milkman cover art
    Choiceology with Katy Milkman
    Charles Schwab
  27. 27The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens cover art
    The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
    Nate Hagens
  28. 28The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe cover art
    The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
    Dr. Steven Novella
  29. 29Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE cover art
    Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
    AsapSCIENCE
  30. 30WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp cover art
    WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp
    Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp
  31. 31Huge If True Podcast cover art
    Huge If True Podcast
    cleoabram931
  32. 32When autistic kids grow up cover art
    When autistic kids grow up
    The Transmitter
  33. 33Expanded Perspectives cover art
    Expanded Perspectives
    Expanded Perspectives
  34. 34Okay, But... Birds cover art
    Okay, But... Birds
    Dr. Scott Taylor
  35. 35Natural Causes cover art
    Natural Causes
    Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts
  36. 36Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz cover art
    Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
    Dr. Mindy Pelz
  37. 37Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe cover art
    Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
    iHeartPodcasts
  38. 38The Best of Coast to Coast AM cover art
    The Best of Coast to Coast AM
    iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM
  39. 39When We Find Them cover art
    When We Find Them
    Central Florida Public Media
  40. 40BirdNote Daily cover art
    BirdNote Daily
    BirdNote
  41. 41Stuff To Blow Your Mind cover art
    Stuff To Blow Your Mind
    iHeartPodcasts
  42. 42Speaking of Psychology cover art
    Speaking of Psychology
    American Psychological Association
  43. 43Outside/In cover art
    Outside/In
    NHPR
  44. 44Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6 cover art
    Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6
    A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative
  45. 45The Human Experiment cover art
    The Human Experiment
    Ethan Reed
  46. 46Bigfoot Society cover art
    Bigfoot Society
    Jeremiah Byron
  47. 47The Common Descent Podcast cover art
    The Common Descent Podcast
    Common Descent
  48. 48Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast cover art
    Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
    David Puder, M.D.
  49. 49Science Quickly cover art
    Science Quickly
    Scientific American
  50. 50BrainStuff cover art
    BrainStuff
    iHeartPodcasts
  51. 51The Joy of Why cover art
    The Joy of Why
    Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine
  52. 52Are We Doomed? cover art
    Are We Doomed?
    NPR Network
  53. 53That UFO Podcast cover art
    That UFO Podcast
    That UFO Podcast
  54. 54The Wild with Chris Morgan cover art
    The Wild with Chris Morgan
    KUOW News and Information
  55. 55The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week cover art
    The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
    Popular Science
  56. 56This Week in Virology cover art
    This Week in Virology
    Vincent Racaniello
  57. 57The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh cover art
    The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh
    Atmos
  58. 58Universe Today Podcast cover art
    Universe Today Podcast
    Fraser Cain
  59. 59You Are Not So Smart cover art
    You Are Not So Smart
    You Are Not So Smart
  60. 60The Science of Happiness cover art
    The Science of Happiness
    PRX and Greater Good Science Center
  61. 61In Defense of Plants Podcast cover art
    In Defense of Plants Podcast
    In Defense of Plants
  62. 62Paranormal Mysteries cover art
    Paranormal Mysteries
    Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast
  63. 63Albertans In Space Podcast cover art
    Albertans In Space Podcast
    Albertans In Space Podcast
  64. 64From First Principles cover art
    From First Principles
    Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare
  65. 65The VPZD Show cover art
    The VPZD Show
    Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania
  66. 66Constant Wonder cover art
    Constant Wonder
    BYUradio
  67. 67Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews cover art
    Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews
    Mysterious Radio
  68. 68Emonthebrain cover art
    Emonthebrain
    Emily McDonald
  69. 69The Quanta Podcast cover art
    The Quanta Podcast
    Quanta Magazine
  70. 70ScienceSphere cover art
    ScienceSphere
    Stephania Mills
  71. 71Freakonomics, M.D. cover art
    Freakonomics, M.D.
    Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
  72. 72People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast cover art
    People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
    Zachary Elwood
  73. 73Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo cover art
    Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo
    Bigfoot and Beyond LLC
  74. 74Ancient Aliens cover art
    Ancient Aliens
    PodcastOne
  75. 75Particles of Thought cover art
    Particles of Thought
    GBH
  76. 76The Infinite Monkey Cage cover art
    The Infinite Monkey Cage
    BBC Radio 4
  77. 77Unearthing Optimism cover art
    Unearthing Optimism
    Arbor Day Foundation
  78. 78Somewhere in the Skies cover art
    Somewhere in the Skies
    SpectreVision Radio
  79. 79Science Magazine Podcast cover art
    Science Magazine Podcast
    Science Magazine
  80. 80Bedtime Astronomy cover art
    Bedtime Astronomy
    Synthetic Universe
  81. 81Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters cover art
    Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters
    W.J. Sheehan
  82. 82Beastly History cover art
    Beastly History
    Wild Beast
  83. 83Therapist Uncensored Podcast cover art
    Therapist Uncensored Podcast
    Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD
  84. 84Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing cover art
    Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing
    Merraki Media LLC
  85. 85Into the Impossible With Brian Keating cover art
    Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
    Big Bang Productions Inc.
  86. 86The Science of Birds cover art
    The Science of Birds
    Ivan Phillipsen
  87. 87Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio cover art
    Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio
    Vic Cundiff
  88. 88NOVA Remix cover art
    NOVA Remix
    GBH
  89. 89Houston We Have a Podcast cover art
    Houston We Have a Podcast
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  90. 90Just the Zoo of Us cover art
    Just the Zoo of Us
    Ellen & Christian Weatherford
  91. 91The American Birding Podcast cover art
    The American Birding Podcast
    American Birding Association
  92. 92Drilled cover art
    Drilled
    Pushkin Industries
  93. 93NASA's Curious Universe cover art
    NASA's Curious Universe
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  94. 94SASQUATCH THEORY cover art
    SASQUATCH THEORY
    SASQUATCH THEORY
  95. 95Astrum Space cover art
    Astrum Space
    Astrum
  96. 96Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science cover art
    Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
    The Planetary Society
  97. 97TheThinkingAtheist cover art
    TheThinkingAtheist
    The Thinking Atheist
  98. 98Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman cover art
    Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
    iHeartPodcasts
  99. 99Babbage from The Economist cover art
    Babbage from The Economist
    The Economist
  100. 100Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal cover art
    Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
    Theories of Everything
  101. 101UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast cover art
    UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast
    Gamut Podcast Network
Apple’s current top 100 for Science in the United States, in chart order.Cover art belongs to the shows and is served from Apple’s own servers. Every one links to that podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Science in other countries

Other genres in the United States

What is different about the American chart

The US store is the one every other chart borrows from, and the most contested. It is also where the house styles are set: when a genre has a convention, this is usually the chart it was established in. The top publisher in a given genre here holds seven to nine of the hundred slots, so an independent cover is not competing with one network, it is competing with several at once.

Counted, in this hundred

Off the same chart drawn above, which is in Apple’s order: number one is the cover doing the most work in the United States right now.

38 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 25.4. The longest is "Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

30 of them get by on two words or fewer. Those are the covers that can set their name large enough to read while scrolling.

iHeartPodcasts holds 4 of the 100 places. A publisher with that many shows in one chart is running a house style, so several of the covers you are placed against are variations of one another.

44 of these 100 also chart in the United Kingdom. The other 56 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.