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 Sep 2026

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09/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 461

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:48:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. GBH (3 shows)

3. SASQUATCH THEORY (1 shows)

4. Health Optimization Medicine and Practice (1 shows)

5. BirdNote (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1332	Megaphone	58
2	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	17	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	625	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
7	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	192	Libsyn	62
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1401	Simplecast	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1556	Simplecast	58
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	499	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
15	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
16	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
17	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	360	Simplecast	58
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
19	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	308	Megaphone	53
22	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
23	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	366	Megaphone	73
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	443	Libsyn	42
26	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
28	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
29	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	362	Transistor	73
30	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	53	Podbean	42
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
32	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
33	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
34	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	441	ART19	68
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
37	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
38	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
39	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
40	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	73	Podigee	54
41	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
42	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
43	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	6	Omny Studio	69
44	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	68
45	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
46	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
47	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
48	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
50	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
52	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	805	Spreaker	54
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
55	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
56	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
57	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
58	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
59	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
60	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
61	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
62	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
64	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
65	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
66	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
67	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	624	Spreaker	69
68	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
69	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	58	Transistor	58
70	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
71	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
72	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
73	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	45	Podbean	62
74	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
75	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
76	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
77	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
78	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
79	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
80	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
81	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
82	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	732	Megaphone	63
83	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
84	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
85	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
86	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
87	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1964	Megaphone	32
88	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	455	Spreaker	59
89	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
90	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
91	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
92	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	344	Simplecast	53
93	NOVA Presents	GBH	Science	110	PRX	79
94	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	362	Megaphone	53
96	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
97	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	629	Megaphone	58
98	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
99	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	299	Spreaker	84
100	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	226	Unknown	54

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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