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 Aug 2026

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08/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 528

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:49:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. SASQUATCH THEORY (1 shows)

5. In Defense of Plants (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	714	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	869	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
9	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1963	Simplecast	58
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	731	Libsyn	43
18	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	371	Megaphone	73
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
24	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
26	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
32	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
33	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
34	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
35	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
38	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
40	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
41	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	227	Unknown	54
42	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
43	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
44	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
45	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1123	Audioboom	48
46	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
47	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
48	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
49	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
50	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	2410	Simplecast	59
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
54	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
55	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
56	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
59	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
60	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	323	RSS.com	32
61	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
62	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
63	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
64	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
65	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	673	BBC	38
66	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
67	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	335	Buzzsprout	52
68	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
69	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
70	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
71	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
72	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	306	Spreaker	84
73	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	304	Unknown	73
74	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
75	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	86	Podbean	42
76	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
77	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
78	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
79	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
80	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	234	Spreaker	49
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	605	Acast	63
84	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
85	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
86	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
87	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
88	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
89	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
90	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	949	Megaphone	63
91	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	458	Acast	38
92	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
93	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
94	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
95	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	602	ART19	42
96	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
97	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	482	Spotify for Podcasters	22
98	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	275	Omny Studio	63
99	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
100	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	2914	Audioboom	48

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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