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 08 Jul 2026

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07/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 499

Frequency: every 8 days

Duration: 31:46:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. KUOW News and Information (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Alie Ward (1 shows)

5. Expanded Perspectives (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
12	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
18	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
20	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
21	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
22	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
23	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
24	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
25	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
30	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
32	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
33	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
34	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
35	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
36	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
37	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
38	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
39	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
42	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
43	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
44	Pocket Science	KUOW News and Information	Science	3	N/A	N/A
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
46	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
47	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
48	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
49	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
50	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
53	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
55	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
56	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
57	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
58	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
59	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	634	Megaphone	58
60	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
61	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
62	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
63	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	305	Spreaker	84
64	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
65	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
66	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
68	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
69	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
70	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
71	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
72	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
73	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
74	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
75	Pale Blue Pod	Multitude	Science	204	ART19	68
76	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
77	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
78	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
80	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1145	BBC	28
81	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
82	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
83	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	297	Acast	43
84	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	621	Spreaker	43
85	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
86	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
87	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
88	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
89	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
90	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
91	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
92	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
93	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
94	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
97	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
98	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
99	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
100	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37

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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