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 16 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 481

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

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

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. The Planetary Society (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
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	61	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
13	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
15	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
16	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
19	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
20	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
21	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
22	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
24	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
25	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
26	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
29	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
32	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
33	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
34	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
36	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
38	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
39	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
42	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
43	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
44	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
45	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
46	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
47	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
48	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
51	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
52	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
53	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
54	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
55	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
56	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
57	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
58	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
59	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
60	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
61	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
62	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
63	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
64	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	292	Acast	43
65	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
66	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
67	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	806	Spreaker	54
68	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
69	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
71	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
72	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
73	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
74	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
75	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
76	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
77	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
78	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
79	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
80	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
81	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
82	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	300	Spreaker	84
83	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
84	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
85	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
86	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
87	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	361	Simplecast	58
88	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
89	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
90	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
91	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
92	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
93	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
94	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
95	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	294	Spreaker	43
96	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
97	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
98	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
99	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
100	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	96	Substack	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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