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 03 Mar 2026

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03/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 464

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 31:44:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

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

5. BYUradio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
18	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
20	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
22	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
23	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
26	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
27	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
29	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
33	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
34	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
36	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
37	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
38	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
39	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
40	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
41	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
42	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
43	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
44	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
45	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
47	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
48	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
49	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
50	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
51	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
52	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
53	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
54	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
55	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
56	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
57	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
58	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
59	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1990	Megaphone	38
60	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
61	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
62	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
63	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
64	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
65	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
66	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
67	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
68	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
69	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
70	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
72	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
73	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	160	PRX	69
74	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
75	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
76	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
77	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
78	Science Will Win Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	37	Simplecast	79
79	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
80	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
81	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
82	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
83	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
84	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	5	Megaphone	53
85	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	702	Megaphone	53
86	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
87	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
88	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
89	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
90	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
91	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
92	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
93	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
94	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
95	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
96	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
97	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
98	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
99	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
100	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62

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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