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 20 Feb 2026

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02/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 459

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:49:34

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

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

5. Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 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	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	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	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
8	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
10	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
11	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
14	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
17	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
19	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
20	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
21	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
25	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
28	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
31	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
32	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
33	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
36	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
38	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
40	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
41	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
42	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
43	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
45	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
46	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
47	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
49	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
50	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
51	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
52	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
53	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
54	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
55	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
56	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
57	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
58	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
59	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
60	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
61	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1990	Megaphone	38
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
64	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
65	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
66	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
67	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
68	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
69	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
70	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
71	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
72	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
73	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
74	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
75	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
76	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
77	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
78	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	5	Megaphone	53
79	The Persistence Lab	AbbVie	Science	3	CoHost	63
80	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
81	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
82	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
83	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
84	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
85	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
86	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
87	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
88	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
90	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
91	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
92	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
93	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
94	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
95	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
96	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
97	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
98	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
99	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
100	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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