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 May 2026

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05/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 513

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 31:26:29

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. AsapSCIENCE (1 shows)

4. Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media (1 shows)

5. Gamut Podcast Network (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
4	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
12	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
15	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
16	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
20	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
23	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
25	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	361	Simplecast	58
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
27	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
28	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
30	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
31	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
37	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
38	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
39	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
40	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
41	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
43	Smarter Than Cancer	Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	Science	19	Captivate	63
44	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
45	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
46	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
47	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
48	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
51	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
52	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
53	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
54	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
55	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
56	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
57	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
58	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
59	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
60	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
61	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	806	Spreaker	54
64	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
65	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
66	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
67	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
68	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
69	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
70	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
71	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
72	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
73	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
74	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
76	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
77	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
78	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
79	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
80	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
81	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
82	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
83	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	300	Spreaker	84
84	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
85	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
86	MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)	MedSchoolCoach	Science	151	Libsyn	48
87	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
88	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
89	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	693	Megaphone	53
90	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
91	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
92	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
93	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	547	Spreaker	64
94	The Forever Problem	Sahana Chaubal	Science	7	Captivate	73
95	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	478	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
97	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
99	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
100	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28

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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