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 juil. 2026

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07/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 459

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:07:52

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

4. Science Friday and WNYC Studios (1 shows)

5. Fraser Cain (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1406	Simplecast	63
7	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
10	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	362	Simplecast	58
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
13	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	193	Libsyn	62
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1560	Simplecast	58
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
18	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
19	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
20	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
22	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
23	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
26	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
27	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
29	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
33	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
34	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
35	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
36	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
37	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
38	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
39	Science of the Strike	Science of the Strike, LLC	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	41	Unknown	89
41	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
43	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
46	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
47	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	373	ART19	42
48	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
49	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
50	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
52	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	413	Libsyn	37
53	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
54	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
55	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
56	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
57	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
58	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
59	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	282	Libsyn	42
60	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
61	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
62	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
63	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	700	Libsyn	43
64	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
65	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
66	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
68	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
69	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
70	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
71	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
72	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
73	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	631	Megaphone	58
74	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
75	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	371	Simplecast	48
76	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
77	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	33	Libsyn	53
78	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
79	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1361	Omny Studio	38
80	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
81	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	301	Spreaker	84
82	The Story Collider	Story Collider, Inc.	Science	729	Megaphone	49
83	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
84	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
85	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	807	Spreaker	54
86	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
87	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Americans for Safe Aerospace	Science	3	Transistor	58
88	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
89	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
90	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
91	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
92	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
93	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
94	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
95	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
96	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
97	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	491	Podbean	27
98	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
99	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
100	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	553	Spreaker	64

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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