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 Aug 2026

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08/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 482

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:04

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM (1 shows)

4. nimac (1 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 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	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
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	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
9	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
12	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	371	Simplecast	52
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
21	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
23	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
24	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	الیاس گرجی	Science	29	Spreaker	53
25	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
26	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
27	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
28	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
31	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
32	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
33	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
34	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
35	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
36	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
37	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
38	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
41	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
42	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
43	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
44	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
45	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	69
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
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	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
50	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
51	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
52	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
53	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
54	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
55	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
56	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
57	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
58	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
59	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
60	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
61	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
62	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
63	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
64	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
65	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
66	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
67	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
68	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
69	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
70	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
72	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
73	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
75	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
76	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
77	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
78	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
79	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
80	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
81	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
82	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
83	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
84	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
85	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
86	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
87	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
88	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	646	Spreaker	54
89	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
90	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
91	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
92	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
93	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
94	Undoctrinate Yourself	Dr. Alexis Cowan	Science	58	N/A	N/A
95	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
96	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
97	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
98	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
100	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58

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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