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 11 Apr 2026

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04/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 456

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:24

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (3 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
14	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
16	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
22	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
23	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
24	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
26	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
27	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
29	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
31	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
33	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
35	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
36	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
38	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
39	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
40	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
41	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
42	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
43	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
44	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
47	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
49	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
50	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
51	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
52	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
53	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
54	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
55	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
56	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
57	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
59	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
60	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
61	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
62	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
63	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
64	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
65	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
66	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
67	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	292	Acast	43
68	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	53
69	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
70	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
72	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	226	Unknown	54
73	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
75	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
76	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
77	Small Steps, Giant Leaps	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	168	Megaphone	59
78	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
79	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
80	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	294	Spreaker	43
81	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
82	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
83	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
84	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
85	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
86	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
87	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
88	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
89	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	805	Spreaker	54
90	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
91	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
92	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
93	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
95	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
96	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
97	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
98	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
99	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
100	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	231	Spreaker	49

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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