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 07 Apr 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 475

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:45:49

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. Emily McDonald (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
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	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
14	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
15	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
16	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
21	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
22	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
23	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
24	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
25	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
27	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
29	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
30	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
33	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
35	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
37	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
39	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
40	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
41	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
43	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
44	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
45	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
48	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
49	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
50	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
51	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
53	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
54	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
55	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
56	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
57	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
58	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
59	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
60	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
61	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
62	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
65	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
66	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
68	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
69	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
70	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
71	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
72	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
73	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
74	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
75	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
76	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
77	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
78	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
79	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
80	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
81	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
82	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	FQxI Podcast	The Foundational Questions Institute	Science & Medicine	114	Libsyn	38
85	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	642	Spreaker	54
86	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
87	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
88	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
89	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
90	Dharma Lab	Dharma Lab	Science	34	Substack	59
91	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
92	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
93	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
94	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
95	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
96	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
97	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
98	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
99	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
100	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53

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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