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 Sep 2026

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09/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 454

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. GBH (2 shows)

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. Springer Nature Limited (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (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	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	17	Megaphone	58
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	192	Libsyn	62
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
14	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
15	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	360	Simplecast	58
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
17	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
20	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
23	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
24	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
25	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
28	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
29	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
30	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
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	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	58	Podbean	42
34	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
35	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
36	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
37	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
38	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
39	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
40	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
41	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
42	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
43	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
44	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
45	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
46	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
47	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
48	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	441	ART19	68
49	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
50	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
51	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
52	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	73	Podigee	54
53	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
54	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
55	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
56	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
57	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
58	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
59	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
60	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
61	The VPZD Show	Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania	Science	41	Megaphone	69
62	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
63	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
64	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
65	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
66	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
67	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
68	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
69	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
70	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
72	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
73	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
74	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	226	Unknown	54
75	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
76	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
77	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
78	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	295	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
80	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	805	Spreaker	54
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
83	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
84	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
85	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
86	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
87	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
88	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
89	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
90	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
91	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
92	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
93	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
94	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
95	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
96	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	241	Spreaker	53
97	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
98	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	299	Spreaker	84
99	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
100	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79

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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