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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 460

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:48

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

3. GBH (2 shows)

4. Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine (1 shows)

5. The Planetary Society (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	20	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1567	Simplecast	58
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
9	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1415	Simplecast	63
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
12	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
17	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
20	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
21	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
22	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
25	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
26	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
29	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
31	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
32	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
33	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
34	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
35	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
36	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
37	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
40	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
41	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
42	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
44	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
45	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
48	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
49	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
50	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
51	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1974	Megaphone	32
52	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
53	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
54	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
55	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
56	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
57	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
58	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
59	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	79	PRX	79
60	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1592	Unknown	48
61	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
62	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
63	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
64	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
65	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
66	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
67	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
68	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
69	How To Stop Being A Loser	Bella Dane	Education	28	Libsyn	32
70	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
71	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
72	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
73	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
74	When We Find Them	Central Florida Public Media	Science	3	StreamGuys	53
75	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
76	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
77	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	583	Spreaker	54
78	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
79	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
80	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	235	Simplecast	83
81	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
82	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
83	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
84	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
85	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
86	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	238	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
88	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
89	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
90	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
91	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	375	ART19	42
92	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
93	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
94	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
95	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
96	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
97	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
98	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
99	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
100	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53

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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