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 Mar 2026

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03/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 453

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:28

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. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Acast (5 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	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	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	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	484	Megaphone	63
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1442	Simplecast	63
9	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
13	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
16	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
18	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
22	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	246	Simplecast	58
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
25	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
31	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
34	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
35	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
36	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
37	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
38	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
39	The Vetrospective	The Vetrospective	Science	3	Buzzsprout	38
40	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
41	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1611	Unknown	48
43	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
44	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
45	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
46	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
47	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
48	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
49	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
50	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
51	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
52	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
53	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
54	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	243	Unknown	73
56	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
57	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
58	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1994	Megaphone	38
59	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
60	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	66	Megaphone	53
61	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
62	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	707	Libsyn	43
63	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
64	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
65	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
66	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
67	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	420	Libsyn	37
68	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1370	Omny Studio	38
69	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
70	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
71	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
72	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
73	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
74	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
75	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
76	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
77	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
78	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
80	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
81	The Persistence Lab	AbbVie	Science	3	CoHost	63
82	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
83	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
84	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
85	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
86	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	819	Spreaker	54
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
88	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
89	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
90	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
91	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	192	Omny Studio	48
92	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
93	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	6	Megaphone	73
94	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
95	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	151	Simplecast	58
96	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
97	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
98	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	584	RedCircle	53
99	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	48	Unknown	89
100	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	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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