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 May 2026

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05/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 445

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 31:26:12

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 shows)

5. A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
10	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
11	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
15	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	268	Transistor	69
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
22	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
23	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
24	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
25	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
27	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
29	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
30	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
31	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
32	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
34	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
35	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
36	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
37	Everybody Has Something To Say	Jessica Rey	Science	78	Podbean	58
38	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
39	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
42	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
43	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
44	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
48	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
50	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
51	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
52	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
55	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
56	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
57	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
59	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
60	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
61	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
62	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
64	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
65	Dope Labs	iHeartPodcasts	Science	144	Omny Studio	53
66	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
67	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
68	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
69	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
70	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
72	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
73	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
74	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
75	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
76	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
77	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
78	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
79	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
80	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
81	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
82	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
83	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
84	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
85	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
86	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
87	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
88	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
89	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
90	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
91	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
92	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
93	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	315	Spreaker	84
94	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
95	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37
96	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
97	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
98	The Pools Scientific Podcast	John Cooper	Science	3	Buzzsprout	68
99	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
100	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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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