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 09 Aug 2026

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08/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 488

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:27

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

4. Dr. Mindy Pelz (1 shows)

5. Blurry Creatures (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
5	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
6	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	20	Megaphone	58
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
8	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
14	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
19	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
25	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
26	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
28	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
29	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
30	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
33	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
34	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
35	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
36	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
37	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
38	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
39	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
40	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
42	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
43	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
44	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
45	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
46	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
47	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
51	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
52	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
53	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
54	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
55	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
56	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
58	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
59	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
60	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
61	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
62	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
63	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
64	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
65	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	297	Acast	43
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
67	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
68	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
69	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
70	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
72	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
73	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
74	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
75	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	244	Spreaker	53
76	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	234	Spreaker	49
77	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
78	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
80	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
81	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
82	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
83	Back From the Brink, from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Science	33	Transistor	83
84	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
85	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
86	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
87	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
88	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
89	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
90	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
91	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
92	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
93	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
94	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
95	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
96	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
97	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
98	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
99	The Hotshot Wake Up	The Hotshot Wake Up	Science	211	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59

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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