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 Nov 2026

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11/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 463

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:28

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Sam Harris (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
8	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1442	Simplecast	63
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
13	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
14	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	200	Libsyn	62
15	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Ryan Graves	Science	12	Transistor	63
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
17	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
18	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
20	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
22	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
23	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
24	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
26	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
27	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
30	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
31	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	48	Unknown	89
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
35	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
38	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1611	Unknown	48
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
42	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
43	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
44	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	66	Megaphone	53
45	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
46	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
47	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
50	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
51	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1994	Megaphone	38
52	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
53	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
54	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
56	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
58	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
59	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
60	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
61	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
62	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
63	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
64	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
65	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
66	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	654	Spreaker	54
67	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
68	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
69	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
72	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
73	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
74	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	45	Megaphone	53
75	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	89	PRX	79
76	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
78	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
79	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	6	Megaphone	73
81	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	316	Spreaker	84
82	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
83	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
84	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
85	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
86	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	819	Spreaker	54
87	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
88	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
89	3SchemeQueens	3SchemeQueens	Science	56	Buzzsprout	89
90	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	427	Simplecast	48
91	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
92	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
93	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
94	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
95	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
96	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
97	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	420	Libsyn	37
98	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
99	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	248	Spreaker	53
100	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38

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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