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 12 Jul 2026

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07/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 508

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:07:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
10	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	367	Simplecast	52
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
13	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
16	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
18	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
19	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
25	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
26	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
27	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
34	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
36	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
37	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	267	Transistor	69
38	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
39	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
40	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
41	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
42	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
43	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
44	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	246	Spreaker	53
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
47	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
49	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
51	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
52	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
53	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
54	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
55	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
56	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
57	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
58	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
59	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
60	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
61	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
62	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
63	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
64	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
65	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
66	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
67	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	236	Spreaker	49
68	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
69	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
70	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
71	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	564	Spreaker	49
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
74	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	312	Spreaker	84
75	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
76	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	641	Megaphone	58
77	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
78	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
80	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	425	Simplecast	48
81	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
82	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
83	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
84	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
85	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
86	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
87	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
88	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	24	Libsyn	53
89	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
90	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
91	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
92	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
93	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	815	Spreaker	54
94	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
95	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
96	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
97	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
98	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
99	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
100	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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