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 18 Feb 2026

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02/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 491

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 31:09:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. The Planetary Society (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
8	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
10	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
13	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
14	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
17	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
18	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
20	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
22	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
23	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
24	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
25	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
26	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
28	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
29	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
30	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
34	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
35	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
36	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
37	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
38	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
39	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
40	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
41	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
42	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
43	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
44	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
45	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
46	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1990	Megaphone	38
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
48	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
49	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
52	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
53	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
54	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
55	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
56	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
57	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	5	Megaphone	53
58	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
59	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
60	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
61	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
64	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
65	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
66	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68
67	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
68	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
69	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
70	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	702	Megaphone	53
71	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
76	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
77	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
78	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
79	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
80	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
81	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
82	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
83	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
84	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
85	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
86	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
87	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
88	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
89	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
90	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
91	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
92	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
93	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
94	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
95	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
96	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
97	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	594	RedCircle	43
98	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
99	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
100	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54

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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