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 14 avr. 2026

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04/14/2026

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Episodes: 465

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:43:22

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. Atmos (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
14	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
15	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
17	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
22	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
23	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
24	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
26	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
28	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
31	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
32	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
33	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
34	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
35	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
36	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
37	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
38	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
39	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
42	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
43	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
44	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
45	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
46	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
47	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
49	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
50	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
53	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
54	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
55	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
56	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
57	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
58	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
59	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
60	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
61	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	292	Acast	43
62	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
65	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
67	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
68	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
70	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
71	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
72	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	360	Simplecast	58
73	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
74	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
75	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	53
76	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
77	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
78	Small Steps, Giant Leaps	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	168	Megaphone	59
79	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
80	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
81	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
82	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
83	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
84	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
85	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
86	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
87	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
88	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
89	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
90	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
91	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
92	Undoctrinate Yourself	Dr. Alexis Cowan	Science	58	N/A	N/A
93	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
94	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
95	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
96	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
97	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
98	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
99	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
100	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	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.

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