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 Aug 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

08/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 474

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 31:26:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

4. Springer Nature Limited (1 shows)

5. Vox (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1430	Simplecast	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	538	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
11	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
12	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
20	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
21	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	478	Megaphone	63
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
24	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
32	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
35	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
36	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
37	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
40	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
41	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
42	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
43	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
44	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
45	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
46	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
49	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	372	PRX	53
50	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
51	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
52	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	815	Spreaker	54
53	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
54	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
55	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
56	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
57	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
58	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
59	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
60	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1985	Megaphone	38
61	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
62	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
64	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
65	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1602	Unknown	48
66	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
67	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	564	Spreaker	49
68	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
69	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
71	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
72	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
73	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
74	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
75	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
76	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
77	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
78	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	326	RSS.com	32
79	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
80	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
81	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
82	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
83	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
84	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
85	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
86	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
87	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
88	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
89	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
90	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	624	Spreaker	54
91	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
92	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
93	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
94	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	425	Simplecast	48
95	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
96	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
97	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
98	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
99	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37
100	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	311	Spreaker	84

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.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice