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 19 May 2026

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05/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 488

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 31:25:38

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Goalhanger (1 shows)

4. TED (1 shows)

5. Medscape (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	60	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
14	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
16	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
21	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
22	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
26	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
27	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
28	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	360	Simplecast	58
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
33	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
37	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
38	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
39	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
41	Smarter Than Cancer	Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	Science	19	Captivate	63
42	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
43	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
44	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
45	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
46	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
50	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
51	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
52	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
53	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
54	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
55	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
56	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
57	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
58	The Forever Problem	Sahana Chaubal	Science	7	Captivate	73
59	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
60	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
61	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
62	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
63	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
64	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
65	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
66	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
70	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
72	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
73	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
75	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
76	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
77	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
78	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
79	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
80	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
81	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
82	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
83	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
84	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
85	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	693	Megaphone	53
86	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
87	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
88	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
89	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
90	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
91	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
92	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	573	RedCircle	53
93	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
94	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	299	Spreaker	84
95	Thirst Gap: Learning to Live with Less on the Colorado River	KUNC	Science	7	Transistor	53
96	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
98	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
99	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
100	Dope Labs	iHeartPodcasts	Science	144	Omny Studio	53

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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