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 05 Jan 2026

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01/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 499

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

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

4. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

5. New Hampshire Public Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
6	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
9	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	542	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
12	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	100	Megaphone	83
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
14	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
17	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
19	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
22	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
23	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
24	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
25	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
28	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
29	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
30	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
31	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
32	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
33	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
34	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
35	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
36	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
37	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
38	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
40	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
41	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
42	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
43	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
44	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
45	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
47	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
49	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
50	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
53	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
54	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
55	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
56	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
57	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
61	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
62	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
63	Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur	Isaac Arthur	Science	1110	ART19	48
64	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
65	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
66	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
67	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
70	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
71	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	294	Spreaker	59
72	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
73	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	313	Spreaker	84
74	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
75	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	277	Megaphone	38
76	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
77	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
79	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
80	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
81	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
82	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
83	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
84	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
85	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
86	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
87	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
89	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
90	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
91	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
92	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
93	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	448	Spreaker	54
94	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
95	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
96	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
97	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
98	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
99	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
100	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42

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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