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 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 468

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 31:25:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. The Thinking Atheist (1 shows)

3. Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine (1 shows)

4. Popular Science (1 shows)

5. Ali Shahab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1353	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
5	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
7	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	197	Libsyn	62
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1428	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	535	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
12	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
13	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1577	Simplecast	58
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	477	Megaphone	63
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
17	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	12	Omny Studio	69
18	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	318	Megaphone	53
19	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
20	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
24	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
25	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
27	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	68
28	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
29	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
30	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	373	Transistor	73
33	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
34	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
35	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
36	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
37	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
38	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
39	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
40	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
41	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
42	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
43	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
44	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
45	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
47	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
49	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
50	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
51	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
52	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
53	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
54	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
55	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
56	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
57	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
58	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	814	Spreaker	54
59	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
60	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
61	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1983	Megaphone	38
62	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
63	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
64	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
65	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
66	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
68	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
69	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
70	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
71	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
72	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
73	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	190	Omny Studio	48
74	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	245	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
76	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
77	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
78	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
79	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
80	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	564	Spreaker	49
81	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
83	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	311	Spreaker	84
84	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
85	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
86	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	696	Megaphone	53
87	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
88	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	228	Unknown	54
89	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
90	Climate Actually	Kimberly Nicholas	Science	3	Captivate	69
91	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
92	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
93	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
94	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	619	Spreaker	54
95	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
96	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
97	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
98	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
99	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
100	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	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.

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