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 06 Jan 2026

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01/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 482

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:24:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

3. Dr. Steven Novella (1 shows)

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. Mission.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
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	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
8	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
9	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
12	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	541	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
17	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
19	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
21	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
22	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
23	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
25	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
26	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
32	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
33	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
34	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
35	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
36	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
37	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
38	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
39	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
40	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
41	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
42	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
43	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
44	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
45	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
46	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
50	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
52	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
53	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
54	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
55	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
56	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
58	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
59	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
60	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
61	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
62	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
63	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
64	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	276	Megaphone	38
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
66	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
67	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
68	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
69	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
70	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
71	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
72	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
73	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
74	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
75	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
76	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
77	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
78	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
79	Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur	Isaac Arthur	Science	1110	ART19	48
80	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
81	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
82	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	59
83	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
84	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
85	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
86	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	338	Buzzsprout	52
88	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
89	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
90	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
91	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
92	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
93	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
94	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
95	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	368	Simplecast	52
96	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
97	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	312	Spreaker	84
98	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
99	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
100	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48

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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