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 03 Oct 2026

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10/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 457

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. NPR (1 shows)

5. Popular Science (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	20	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
8	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
12	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
19	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
22	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
23	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
26	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
27	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
29	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
31	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
32	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	95	Megaphone	63
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
34	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
35	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
36	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
37	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
39	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
40	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
41	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
42	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
43	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
44	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
45	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
46	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
47	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
48	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
49	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
50	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
51	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
53	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
54	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
55	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
56	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
57	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
58	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
59	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	79	PRX	79
60	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
61	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
62	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
64	Approved	Alex Kesin and Matthew Pech	Science	6	Transistor	58
65	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
66	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
67	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
68	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
70	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
71	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
72	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
73	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
74	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
75	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
76	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
77	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
79	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
80	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
81	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
82	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
83	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
84	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
85	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
86	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
87	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
88	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
89	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
90	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
91	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
92	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
93	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
94	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
95	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
96	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
97	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
98	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
99	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
100	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38

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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