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 01 Jul 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 455

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 31:26:53

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Kelly Chase (1 shows)

5. Emily McDonald (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1419	Simplecast	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	523	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
10	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	365	Simplecast	52
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1571	Simplecast	58
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	474	Megaphone	63
16	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	315	Megaphone	53
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
19	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	95	Megaphone	83
20	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	511	Libsyn	48
22	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	26	PRX	69
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	370	Transistor	73
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
25	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
26	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	637	Megaphone	58
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	498	Buzzsprout	42
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	851	Omny Studio	48
32	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
35	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
36	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
37	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	32	ART19	73
38	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
39	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	459	Spreaker	59
40	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	431	Libsyn	52
41	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
43	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
44	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	369	PRX	53
45	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
47	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
49	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	377	ART19	42
50	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	141	Omny Studio	42
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
55	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
56	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
57	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
58	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
59	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
60	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	239	Unknown	73
61	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	78	Audioboom	59
62	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	49	Podbean	62
63	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
64	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
65	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
66	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	188	Omny Studio	48
67	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
68	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
69	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	212	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
71	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	412	Megaphone	48
72	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
73	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	811	Spreaker	54
74	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
75	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1595	Unknown	48
76	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1147	BBC	28
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
78	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
79	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
80	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	578	RedCircle	53
81	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
82	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
83	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	68
84	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	569	Libsyn	68
85	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
86	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
87	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	422	Libsyn	38
88	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
89	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	167	Spotify for Podcasters	38
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	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
93	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	307	Spreaker	84
94	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
95	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	595	Spreaker	54
96	The Hotshot Wake Up	The Hotshot Wake Up	Science	212	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
98	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
99	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	241	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42

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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