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 May 2026

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05/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 480

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:49:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Nate Hagens (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
6	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
12	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
19	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
21	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
22	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
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	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
26	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
30	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
32	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
34	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
35	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	361	Simplecast	58
36	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
37	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
38	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
39	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
40	Smarter Than Cancer	Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	Science	19	Captivate	63
41	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
42	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
44	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
45	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
47	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
48	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
49	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
50	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
51	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
52	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
54	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
55	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
56	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
57	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
58	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
59	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
60	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
61	The Forever Problem	Sahana Chaubal	Science	7	Captivate	73
62	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
64	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
65	Dope Labs	iHeartPodcasts	Science	144	Omny Studio	53
66	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
67	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
68	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	241	Spreaker	53
69	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
70	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
71	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
72	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
73	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	231	Spreaker	49
74	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
75	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
76	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
77	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
78	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
80	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
82	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
83	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
84	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
85	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
86	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
87	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
88	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
89	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
90	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
91	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
92	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
93	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	547	Spreaker	64
94	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
95	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
96	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
97	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
98	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
99	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
100	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63

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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