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 May 2026

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05/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 455

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:46:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1412	Simplecast	63
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1565	Simplecast	58
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
13	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
16	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
20	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69
21	Dope Labs	iHeartPodcasts	Science	144	Omny Studio	53
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
23	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
26	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
27	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
28	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
29	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
30	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
31	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
32	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
33	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
36	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
37	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
38	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
39	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
40	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
41	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
42	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
43	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
44	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
45	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
46	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
47	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
49	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
50	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
51	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
53	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
54	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
55	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
56	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
57	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
58	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
59	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
60	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
61	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
62	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	414	Libsyn	37
63	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
64	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
65	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
66	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1972	Megaphone	32
67	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
68	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
69	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
70	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
71	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
72	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
73	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
74	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	561	Spreaker	49
75	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
76	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
77	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
78	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
79	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
80	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
82	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	421	Libsyn	38
83	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
84	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
85	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	218	PRX	43
86	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
88	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48
89	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1144	BBC	28
90	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
91	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
92	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	304	Spreaker	84
93	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
94	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
97	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	302	Megaphone	63
98	The Story Collider	Story Collider, Inc.	Science	729	Megaphone	49
99	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
100	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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