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 Jun 2026

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06/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 484

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:27:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

3. Dr. Steven Novella (1 shows)

4. Sam Harris (1 shows)

5. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
10	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
12	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
13	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
15	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
17	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
19	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
23	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
24	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
25	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	370	Simplecast	52
26	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	268	Transistor	69
27	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
28	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
29	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	Life List: A Birding Podcast	George Armistead, Alvaro Jaramillo, and Mollee Brown	Science	147	Buzzsprout	62
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
33	How many geese?	Jack Baddams & Roddy Shaw	Science	102	Podbean	48
34	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
35	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
36	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
39	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
40	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
41	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
42	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
43	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
45	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
46	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
47	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
48	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
49	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1990	Megaphone	38
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
53	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
55	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
56	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
57	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
58	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
59	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
60	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
61	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
62	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
63	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
64	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
65	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
66	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
67	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
68	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
69	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
70	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
71	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
72	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
73	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
74	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
75	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
76	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
77	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
79	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68
80	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
81	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
82	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
83	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
84	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
85	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
86	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
87	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
88	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
89	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
90	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
91	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
93	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
94	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
95	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
96	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
97	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
98	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
99	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	702	Megaphone	53
100	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58

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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