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 Oct 2026

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10/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 445

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:47:07

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. KUOW News and Information (2 shows)

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

4. A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative (1 shows)

5. GBH (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1353	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1577	Simplecast	58
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	535	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
11	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1428	Simplecast	63
12	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	318	Megaphone	53
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
15	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	96	Megaphone	63
16	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
19	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	197	Libsyn	62
20	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
21	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
22	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
24	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
26	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
27	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
28	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
29	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
30	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	68
31	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	373	Transistor	73
32	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	301	Acast	43
33	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
35	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
36	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
37	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
38	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
39	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
42	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	63	Megaphone	53
43	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
44	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
45	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
47	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
48	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
49	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
50	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
51	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
53	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
55	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
56	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
57	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1983	Megaphone	38
58	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
59	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
60	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	12	Omny Studio	69
61	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
62	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	83	PRX	79
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
64	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
65	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
66	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	814	Spreaker	54
67	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
68	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
69	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
70	Seeking A Scientist	KCUR Studios	Science	20	Omny Studio	53
71	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
72	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
73	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
74	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
75	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
76	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
77	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
78	The Joy of x	Steven Strogatz and Quanta Magazine	Science	26	Unknown	43
79	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
80	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
81	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	619	Spreaker	54
82	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	704	Libsyn	43
83	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
84	Pocket Science	KUOW News and Information	Science	9	Omny Studio	58
85	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
86	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
87	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
88	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
89	StringCast \| استرینگ‌کست	Shahin Javadi Nezhad & Reza Haririan	Science	100	Unknown	49
90	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
91	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
92	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
93	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
94	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1367	Omny Studio	38
95	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
96	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
97	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	306	Megaphone	63
98	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
99	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	311	Spreaker	84
100	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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