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 Sep 2026

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09/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 453

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. GBH (2 shows)

5. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. PRX (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1336	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
4	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	18	Megaphone	58
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1406	Simplecast	63
9	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	362	Simplecast	58
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1560	Simplecast	58
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	505	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
15	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	193	Libsyn	62
16	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
17	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
19	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	728	Libsyn	43
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
22	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
23	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
28	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	75	PRX	79
29	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
30	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1967	Megaphone	32
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
32	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
33	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	66	Podbean	42
36	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
37	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
39	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	41	Unknown	89
40	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
41	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
42	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
43	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
44	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	442	ART19	68
45	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
46	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
47	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
48	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
51	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	282	Libsyn	42
53	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
55	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
56	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
57	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
58	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
59	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
61	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
62	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
63	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
64	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
65	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
66	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	373	ART19	42
67	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
68	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
70	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
71	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	371	Simplecast	48
72	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	36	Libsyn	53
73	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	807	Spreaker	54
74	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
75	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1361	Omny Studio	38
76	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1107	Libsyn	38
77	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
78	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
79	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	737	Megaphone	63
80	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
81	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
82	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
83	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	700	Libsyn	43
84	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	440	Megaphone	62
85	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
86	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
87	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
88	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
89	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
91	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	232	Spreaker	49
92	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	218	PRX	43
93	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
94	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
95	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
96	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
97	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
98	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
99	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	234	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58

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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