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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 431

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

3. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

4. Expanded Perspectives (1 shows)

5. Alie Ward (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1354	Megaphone	58
2	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1430	Simplecast	63
10	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	538	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
13	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
14	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
17	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
18	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
19	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
20	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
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	367	Simplecast	52
23	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	302	Acast	43
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
25	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
26	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
27	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
29	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
30	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
31	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
32	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
33	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
34	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	64	Megaphone	53
35	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
36	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
37	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
38	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
39	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
42	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
43	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
44	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
45	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
46	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
47	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
49	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
50	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
51	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
52	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
53	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
54	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
55	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
56	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	372	PRX	53
58	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	12	Omny Studio	69
59	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1985	Megaphone	38
60	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
61	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
62	Seeking A Scientist	KCUR Studios	Science	20	Omny Studio	53
63	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
64	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	83	PRX	79
65	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
66	StringCast \| استرینگ‌کست	Shahin Javadi Nezhad & Reza Haririan	Science	100	Unknown	49
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
68	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
69	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
70	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1602	Unknown	48
71	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
72	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
73	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
74	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
75	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Libsyn	53
76	The Joy of x	Steven Strogatz and Quanta Magazine	Science	26	Unknown	43
77	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
78	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	624	Spreaker	54
79	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
80	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
81	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
82	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
83	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
84	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
85	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
86	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	337	Buzzsprout	52
87	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
88	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
89	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	417	Libsyn	37
90	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
91	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	815	Spreaker	54
93	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
94	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1367	Omny Studio	38
95	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	307	Megaphone	63
96	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
97	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
98	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
99	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
100	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	641	Megaphone	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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