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 Aug 2026

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08/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 481

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:48:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

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

5. Michael Shermer (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
6	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	18	Megaphone	58
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	505	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
9	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
10	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	193	Libsyn	62
11	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1406	Simplecast	63
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
14	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1560	Simplecast	58
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	728	Libsyn	43
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
18	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	362	Simplecast	58
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
20	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1107	Libsyn	38
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
24	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
26	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
27	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
28	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	66	Podbean	42
31	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
34	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
36	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
37	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
38	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
40	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	41	Unknown	89
41	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
43	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	282	Libsyn	42
44	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	807	Spreaker	54
45	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
46	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
47	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
48	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
49	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
50	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
51	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
52	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
53	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
54	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	560	Spreaker	49
55	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
56	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
57	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
58	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	371	Simplecast	48
59	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	226	Unknown	54
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
61	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
62	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
63	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	242	Spreaker	53
64	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
65	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
66	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
67	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	301	Spreaker	84
68	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
69	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
70	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
71	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
72	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
73	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
74	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
75	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
76	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	234	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
78	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	373	ART19	42
79	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
80	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	440	Megaphone	62
81	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
82	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	556	Spreaker	64
83	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
84	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1967	Megaphone	32
85	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
86	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
87	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
88	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
89	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	420	Libsyn	38
90	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	232	Spreaker	49
91	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	218	PRX	43
92	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
93	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
94	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
95	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	413	Libsyn	37
96	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	511	BBC	48
97	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	344	BBC	38
98	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
99	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
100	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1361	Omny Studio	38

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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