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 Sep 2026

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09/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 486

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:50:41

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

3. GBH (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	552	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1441	Simplecast	63
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1587	Simplecast	58
12	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	200	Libsyn	62
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	483	Megaphone	63
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
17	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
18	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
20	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	372	Simplecast	52
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
22	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
24	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
26	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
27	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
28	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	340	Acast	49
29	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
35	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
37	The VPZD Show	Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania	Science	46	Megaphone	59
38	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
41	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
42	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
43	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1610	Unknown	48
44	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	62	Transistor	58
45	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
46	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	14	Omny Studio	69
47	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
48	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
49	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
50	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
51	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
52	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
53	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
54	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
55	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
56	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
58	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
59	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
60	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
61	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
62	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
63	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
64	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
65	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
66	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	248	Spreaker	53
67	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
68	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
69	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
70	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
71	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
72	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
73	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	652	Spreaker	54
74	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
76	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
77	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
78	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	427	Simplecast	48
79	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
80	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
81	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	88	PRX	79
82	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	145	Omny Studio	42
83	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
84	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
85	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
86	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	238	Spreaker	49
87	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
88	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	819	Spreaker	54
89	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1993	Megaphone	38
90	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	316	Spreaker	84
91	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	455	Spreaker	54
92	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	240	Megaphone	63
93	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
94	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
95	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
96	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	36	Podbean	37
97	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science	1407	Libsyn	48
98	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
99	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
100	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43

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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