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 17 Mar 2026

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03/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 473

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:45:22

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

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

5. Vox (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1405	Simplecast	63
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
14	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
16	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
17	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
18	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
20	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
21	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
25	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
26	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
27	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
29	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
31	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
32	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
33	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
34	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
35	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
36	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
37	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
39	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
40	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1584	Unknown	48
41	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
42	The After On Podcast	Rob Reid	Science	62	Libsyn	58
43	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
44	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
45	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
46	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
47	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
48	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1966	Megaphone	32
51	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
52	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
53	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
54	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
55	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
56	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
57	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
58	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
59	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
60	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
61	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
62	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
63	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
64	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
65	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
66	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	301	ART19	63
67	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
68	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
70	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
71	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
73	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	41	Unknown	89
74	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
75	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	693	Megaphone	53
76	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	372	ART19	42
77	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
78	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
79	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
80	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
81	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
82	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
83	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
84	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
85	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
86	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
87	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
88	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
89	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	300	Spreaker	84
90	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	231	Spreaker	49
91	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1360	Omny Studio	38
92	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
93	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
94	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	371	Simplecast	48
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	413	Libsyn	37
97	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
98	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
99	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
100	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48

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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