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 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 436

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. The Economist (1 shows)

4. Common Descent (1 shows)

5. Goalhanger (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1346	Megaphone	58
2	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	20	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
4	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1570	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	522	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	96	Megaphone	63
12	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
13	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1418	Simplecast	63
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	314	Megaphone	53
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	474	Megaphone	63
16	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
17	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
18	Science Clear+Vivid Podcast	Alan Alda	Science	35	Omny Studio	73
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
20	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
21	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
23	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
24	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
25	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
27	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
28	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	86	Podbean	42
29	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	369	Transistor	73
30	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	341	Simplecast	63
31	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
33	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
34	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	68
35	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
36	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
37	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
38	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
39	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
40	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
41	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	10	Omny Studio	69
42	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	851	Omny Studio	48
43	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
44	Approved	Alex Kesin and Matthew Pech	Science	6	Transistor	58
45	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
46	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
47	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
48	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
50	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	141	Omny Studio	42
51	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
53	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
54	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
55	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	26	PRX	69
56	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
57	The VPZD Show	Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania	Science	44	Megaphone	59
58	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
59	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
60	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
61	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
62	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
63	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1976	Megaphone	32
64	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
65	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	49	Podbean	62
66	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	80	PRX	79
67	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1594	Unknown	48
68	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
69	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
70	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
71	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
72	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
73	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
74	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
75	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
76	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	459	Spreaker	59
77	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
78	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
79	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	369	PRX	53
80	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
81	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
82	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
83	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
84	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
85	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
86	Starting Point	Jay Seegert	Science	190	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	78	Audioboom	59
88	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	422	Libsyn	38
89	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
90	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
91	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
92	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
93	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
94	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
95	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
96	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	306	Spreaker	84
97	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
98	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
99	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	240	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	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.

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