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 02 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 438

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:44

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. GBH (2 shows)

4. NHPR (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1342	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1413	Simplecast	63
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1566	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	515	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	472	Megaphone	63
13	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
14	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
19	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
22	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
23	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
24	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	849	Omny Studio	48
25	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
27	Dope Labs	iHeartPodcasts	Science	144	Omny Studio	53
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
32	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
33	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
34	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
36	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
37	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
38	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
39	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
40	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
41	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
42	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
44	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
45	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
46	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1590	Unknown	48
48	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
49	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
50	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
51	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
52	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
53	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
54	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
55	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
56	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
57	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
58	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
59	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	414	Libsyn	37
60	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
61	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
62	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1973	Megaphone	32
63	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
64	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
65	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
66	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
67	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
68	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
69	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	561	Spreaker	49
70	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
72	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
73	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
74	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
75	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
76	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
78	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
79	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
80	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48
81	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
82	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
83	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37
84	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
85	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
86	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
87	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
88	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
89	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
90	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
91	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	218	PRX	43
92	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
93	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
94	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
95	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
96	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	78	PRX	79
97	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	302	Megaphone	63
98	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
99	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
100	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	576	RedCircle	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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