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 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 469

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:43

Top 5 authors

1. NHPR (2 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

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

4. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

5. Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
10	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
13	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	268	Transistor	69
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
17	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
19	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
21	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
22	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
23	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
26	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
27	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
29	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
30	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
33	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
34	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
35	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
36	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
38	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
39	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
40	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
42	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
43	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
44	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
45	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
46	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
47	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
48	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
49	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
50	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
52	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
53	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
54	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
55	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
56	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
57	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
58	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
59	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
60	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
61	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
62	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
63	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
64	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
65	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
66	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
67	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
68	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
69	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
70	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
71	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
74	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
75	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
76	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
77	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
78	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
79	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
80	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
81	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
82	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
83	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	646	Spreaker	54
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
85	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
86	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
87	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
89	Are We There Yet?	Central Florida Public Media	Science	204	StreamGuys	43
90	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
91	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
92	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
93	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
95	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	315	Spreaker	84
96	Ground Truths	Eric Topol	Science	98	Substack	53
97	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	595	RedCircle	43
98	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	5	Megaphone	53
99	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
100	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28

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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