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 Jul 2026

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07/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 481

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:07:34

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

4. Springer Nature Limited (1 shows)

5. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
8	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
9	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
10	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	368	Simplecast	52
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	541	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
16	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
18	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
21	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
22	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
23	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
24	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	268	Transistor	69
31	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
32	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
33	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
36	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
37	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
38	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
39	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
40	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
41	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
42	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
43	Science of the Strike	Science of the Strike, LLC	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
45	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
46	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
48	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
49	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
52	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
53	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
54	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
55	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
56	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
58	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
59	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
62	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	376	Simplecast	48
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
64	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
67	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
68	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
69	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
70	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
72	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
73	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
74	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
75	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
76	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
77	The Story Collider	Story Collider, Inc.	Science	729	Megaphone	49
78	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
79	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
80	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
81	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
82	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
83	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
84	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
85	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	312	Spreaker	84
86	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
87	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
88	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
89	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
90	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
91	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
92	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
93	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
94	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
95	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
96	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	630	Spreaker	54
97	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
98	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	592	RedCircle	43
99	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
100	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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