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 Jun 2026

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06/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 493

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:26:57

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Pushkin Industries (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. Health Optimization Medicine and Practice (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
11	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
12	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
14	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
16	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
19	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
20	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
21	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
22	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
25	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
26	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
28	Life List: A Birding Podcast	George Armistead, Alvaro Jaramillo, and Mollee Brown	Science	145	Buzzsprout	62
29	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
30	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
31	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
32	How many geese?	Jack Baddams & Roddy Shaw	Science	102	Podbean	48
33	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
34	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
35	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
36	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
37	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
39	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
40	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
41	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
43	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
44	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
45	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
46	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
47	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
48	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
49	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
55	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
56	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
57	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
58	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
59	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
60	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
61	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
62	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
63	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
64	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
65	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
66	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
67	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
68	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
69	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
70	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
71	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
72	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
73	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
74	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
75	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
76	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	306	Spreaker	84
77	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
78	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
79	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
80	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
83	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
85	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
86	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
87	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
88	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
89	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
90	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
91	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	422	Libsyn	38
92	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	244	Spreaker	53
93	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
94	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
95	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
96	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
97	playing god?	Pushkin Industries	Science	14	Omny Studio	89
98	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
99	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
100	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	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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