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 10 Aug 2026

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08/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 469

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. Emily McDonald (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 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	1360	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
5	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
7	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
8	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
14	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
15	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	371	Simplecast	52
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
18	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
19	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
30	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
31	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
34	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
35	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
38	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
39	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
40	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	الیاس گرجی	Science	29	Spreaker	53
41	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
43	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
44	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
45	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
46	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
47	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
48	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
49	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
50	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
53	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
54	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
55	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
56	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
57	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
58	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
59	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
60	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
61	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
62	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
63	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
64	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
65	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
66	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
67	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
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	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
71	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
72	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
73	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
75	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
76	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
77	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
78	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
79	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
80	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
81	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
82	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	248	Spreaker	53
85	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	238	Spreaker	49
86	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
87	Undoctrinate Yourself	Dr. Alexis Cowan	Science	58	N/A	N/A
88	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
89	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	646	Spreaker	54
90	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
91	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
92	Back From the Brink, from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom	Science	35	Transistor	83
93	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
94	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
95	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
96	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
97	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
98	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
99	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
100	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	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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