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 15 Apr 2026

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04/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 469

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:26:01

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Planetary Society (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
13	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
17	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
19	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
21	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
22	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
23	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
26	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
31	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
33	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
34	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
35	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
36	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
37	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
39	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
41	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
42	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
43	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
44	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
45	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
46	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
47	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
48	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
49	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
51	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
52	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
53	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
55	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
56	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
58	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
59	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
60	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
61	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	292	Acast	43
62	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
66	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
67	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
68	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
69	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
70	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
71	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
72	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
73	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
74	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	360	Simplecast	58
75	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
77	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
78	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
79	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
80	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	805	Spreaker	54
81	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
82	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
83	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
84	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
85	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
86	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
88	Small Steps, Giant Leaps	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	168	Megaphone	59
89	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
90	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
91	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
92	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
93	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
94	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	53
95	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
96	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	294	Spreaker	43
97	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
98	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
99	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	281	Buzzsprout	63
100	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43

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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