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 04 Mar 2026

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03/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 455

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 31:43:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. Lost Women of Science (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	678	Simplecast	63
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	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1443	Simplecast	63
8	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
10	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	484	Megaphone	63
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
16	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
19	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	347	Simplecast	63
20	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
21	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
22	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
23	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
24	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
25	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
28	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
29	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
30	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
33	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
34	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
35	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
36	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
37	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
38	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
39	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
42	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
43	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
44	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1612	Unknown	48
45	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
47	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	418	Megaphone	48
48	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
49	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	385	ART19	42
50	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
51	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	66	Megaphone	53
52	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
54	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
55	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
56	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
57	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	93	ART19	52
59	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
60	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
61	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1995	Megaphone	38
62	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
63	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
64	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
65	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
66	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	820	Spreaker	54
67	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	192	Omny Studio	48
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	253	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
71	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	420	Libsyn	37
72	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
73	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	6	Megaphone	73
74	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
75	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
76	Science Will Win Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	38	Simplecast	79
77	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
78	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	16	BBC	43
79	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
80	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	567	Spreaker	49
81	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
82	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
83	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	66	Unknown	73
84	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	171	BBC	38
85	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
86	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	573	Libsyn	68
87	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
88	The Persistence Lab	AbbVie	Science	3	CoHost	63
89	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
90	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
91	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	756	Megaphone	63
92	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
93	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	151	Simplecast	58
94	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	447	Megaphone	62
95	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
96	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	48	Unknown	89
97	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
98	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
99	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
100	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	703	Megaphone	53

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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