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 13 Aug 2026

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08/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 493

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:45:15

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

4. Scott Barry Kaufman (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
8	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
9	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
11	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
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	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
20	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
21	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
22	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	الیاس گرجی	Science	29	Spreaker	53
23	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
24	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
25	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
27	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
28	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
29	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
30	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
33	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
34	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
36	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
37	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
39	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
40	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
41	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
42	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	69
43	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
44	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
45	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
48	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
49	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
50	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
51	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
52	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
53	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
54	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
55	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
56	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
58	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
59	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
60	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
63	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
64	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
65	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
66	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
67	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
68	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
69	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
70	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
72	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
73	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
74	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
75	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
76	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
77	Undoctrinate Yourself	Dr. Alexis Cowan	Science	58	N/A	N/A
78	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
79	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
80	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
81	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
82	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	646	Spreaker	54
83	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
85	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
87	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
88	Approved	Alex Kesin and Matthew Pech	Science	6	Transistor	58
89	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
90	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
91	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
92	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
93	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
94	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
95	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
96	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
97	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
98	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
100	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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