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 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 469

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Common Descent (1 shows)

3. Theories of Everything (1 shows)

4. The Economist (1 shows)

5. The Roost Podcast Network (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1350	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1137	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1425	Simplecast	63
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1574	Simplecast	58
12	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	96	Megaphone	63
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	97	Megaphone	83
17	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	197	Libsyn	62
18	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
20	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
21	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	68
22	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
24	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	44	Unknown	89
25	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
27	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	853	Omny Studio	48
29	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
32	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
33	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
36	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
40	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
41	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
42	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	629	Spreaker	69
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
44	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
45	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
46	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
48	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
49	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
50	Science Clear+Vivid Podcast	Alan Alda	Science	35	Omny Studio	73
51	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	63	Megaphone	53
52	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
53	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
54	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1598	Unknown	48
55	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
56	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
57	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	602	ART19	42
58	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
59	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	11	Omny Studio	69
60	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	989	Spreaker	53
61	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
62	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
63	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1981	Megaphone	38
64	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
65	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
66	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
67	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	704	Libsyn	43
68	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	89	ART19	52
69	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1366	Omny Studio	38
70	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
71	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
72	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	296	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	388	Podbean	41
74	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	813	Spreaker	54
75	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	609	Spreaker	54
76	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
77	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	503	Podbean	27
78	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
79	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
80	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	82	PRX	79
81	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	50	Podbean	62
82	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	374	Simplecast	48
83	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
84	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
85	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	663	Megaphone	32
86	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58
87	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
88	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
89	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	309	Spreaker	84
90	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
91	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
92	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	212	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	857	BBC	28
94	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	336	Buzzsprout	52
95	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	243	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
97	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	228	Unknown	54
98	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	640	Megaphone	58
99	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
100	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	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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