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 12 Jun 2026

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06/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 510

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 32:16:22

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Common Descent (1 shows)

5. Vox (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1280	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	691	Simplecast	53
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	514	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	851	Simplecast	73
5	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1106	Simplecast	73
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	55	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1332	Simplecast	63
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	334	Megaphone	69
9	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Smarter Not Harder Inc. \| Troscriptions \| HOMeHOPe Org	Health & Fitness	179	Libsyn	79
10	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	344	Podetize	48
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	325	Podetize	63
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1501	Simplecast	63
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	33
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	437	Megaphone	63
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	286	Megaphone	59
16	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	714	Libsyn	49
17	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	9	PRX	74
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network	Science	289	Megaphone	68
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	351	Megaphone	73
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	61	Megaphone	89
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	471	Buzzsprout	42
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll \| Wondery	Science	430	ART19	48
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	493	Libsyn	53
24	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	120	Megaphone	63
25	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	250	Pinecast	48
26	The Resetter Podcast with Dr. Mindy	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	337	Libsyn	68
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	84
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1073	Audioboom	48
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	825	Omny Studio	53
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	27	Captivate	83
32	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	4	Simplecast	58
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	397	Libsyn	58
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	341	PRX	59
36	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	2451	Simplecast	59
37	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	149	Buzzsprout	63
38	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	395	Simplecast	53
39	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	32	Podbean	58
40	Speaking of Psychology	American Psychological Association	Science	432	Libsyn	43
41	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	61	Acast	59
42	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1092	Libsyn	43
43	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	399	Libsyn	42
44	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	229	Megaphone	58
45	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
46	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	324	Acast	49
47	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	138	Omny Studio	48
48	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	68	PRX	64
49	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	899	Acast	43
50	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	480	Audioboom	48
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	271	Libsyn	48
52	Life List: A Birding Podcast	George Armistead, Alvaro Jaramillo, and Mollee Brown	Science	137	Buzzsprout	62
53	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	72	ART19	68
54	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	28	Simplecast	68
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	222	Unknown	73
56	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	884	Acast	59
57	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1937	Megaphone	38
58	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	344	Unknown	43
59	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Stephen Diener with Hubbard Podcasts	Science	345	Megaphone	32
60	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	609	Megaphone	63
61	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	32	Acast	94
62	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	616	Spreaker	69
63	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	464	Acast	43
64	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	102	Libsyn	59
65	Drilled	Critical Frequency	Science	264	Megaphone	69
66	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Science	1098	BBC	33
67	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1532	Fireside	53
68	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
69	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Social Sciences	30	N/A	N/A
70	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
71	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	624	Libsyn	63
72	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
73	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	139	Simplecast	63
74	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	442	Spreaker	59
75	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	211	Simplecast	52
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	375	Podbean	47
77	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1340	Omny Studio	43
78	Astrum Space	Alex McColgan	Science	195	Buzzsprout	73
79	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	784	Spreaker	54
80	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	428	Unknown	58
81	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	338	Simplecast	53
82	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	279	Libsyn	53
83	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science & Medicine	585	Squarespace	58
84	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	646	Megaphone	38
85	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	114	N/A	N/A
86	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1075	PRX	69
87	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	588	Acast	69
88	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
89	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	268	Spreaker	84
90	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	669	Libsyn	73
91	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	553	RedCircle	59
92	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	100	Megaphone	69
93	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	368	Audioboom	63
94	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
95	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	178	Buzzsprout	42
96	PBS Space Time	PBS	Science	121	Megaphone	59
97	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	434	Spreaker	74
98	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	58
99	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	290	Spreaker	43
100	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	348	Megaphone	59

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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