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 Nov 2026

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11/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 421

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:46:56

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. Popular Science (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 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	677	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	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1442	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
12	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	200	Libsyn	62
13	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
18	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
19	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
23	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Ryan Graves	Science	12	Transistor	63
24	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
26	Black Bird Joy: Conversations in Nature	Black Bird Joy	Science	6	Buzzsprout	68
27	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	66	Megaphone	53
30	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
31	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
32	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
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	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
36	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
38	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
41	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
42	生物老師聊自然	小虎老師 & Ian & 弟弟	Science	131	Firstory	59
43	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
44	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
45	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
46	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
47	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
48	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
50	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
51	Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant	PBS Nature	Science	45	Megaphone	53
52	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
53	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1994	Megaphone	38
54	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	14	Omny Studio	69
55	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
56	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
57	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
58	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	53	Podbean	62
59	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
60	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
61	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
62	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
63	Stories of Trees	Corazón Latino	Nature	3	N/A	N/A
64	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
65	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
66	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
67	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
68	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
69	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
70	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	819	Spreaker	54
71	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
72	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
73	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
74	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
75	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	89	PRX	79
76	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
77	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	3SchemeQueens	3SchemeQueens	Science	56	Buzzsprout	89
79	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
80	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	309	Megaphone	63
81	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
82	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
83	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
84	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
85	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
86	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
87	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	6	Megaphone	73
88	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
89	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
90	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
91	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	654	Spreaker	54
92	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	214	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
94	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	316	Spreaker	84
95	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1611	Unknown	48
97	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
98	Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (The Podcast)	Extremely Accurate Bird Songs	Science	20	Acast	78
99	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
100	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63

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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