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 21 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 519

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:49:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BirdNote (1 shows)

4. Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
5	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1412	Simplecast	63
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1565	Simplecast	58
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
12	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
13	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	266	Transistor	69
14	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
16	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
17	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
22	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
23	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	363	Simplecast	58
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
25	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
27	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1972	Megaphone	32
28	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
31	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
33	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
34	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
35	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
37	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
38	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
39	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
40	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
41	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
42	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
43	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
44	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
45	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
46	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
47	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
48	Smarter Than Cancer	Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	Science	19	Captivate	63
49	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
50	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
51	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
52	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
53	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
54	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
55	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
56	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
57	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
58	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
59	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	809	Spreaker	54
60	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1144	BBC	28
61	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
63	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
64	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
65	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
66	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	414	Libsyn	37
67	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
68	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
69	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
70	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
71	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
72	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
73	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
75	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
76	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
77	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
78	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
79	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
80	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	304	Spreaker	84
81	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
82	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
83	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
84	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
86	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
87	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
88	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
89	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
90	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
91	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
92	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
93	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
94	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
95	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
96	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	43
97	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	576	Spreaker	54
98	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
99	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	701	Libsyn	43
100	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48

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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