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 Sep 2026

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09/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 446

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:33

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. GBH (2 shows)

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

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. Dr. Steven Novella (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 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	1340	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
5	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	19	Megaphone	58
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	1411	Simplecast	63
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
11	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	363	Simplecast	58
12	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1564	Simplecast	58
13	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
16	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	194	Libsyn	62
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
18	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
20	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
21	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
23	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
30	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
34	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1971	Megaphone	32
35	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69
36	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
37	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
39	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
40	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
41	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
43	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
44	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
45	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
46	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	77	PRX	79
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
50	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
51	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
52	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
53	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
55	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
56	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	8	Omny Studio	69
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
58	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
59	The VPZD Show	Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania	Science	43	Megaphone	59
60	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
61	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
62	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	561	Spreaker	49
63	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
64	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
66	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
67	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
70	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
71	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
72	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
73	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
74	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
75	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
76	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
77	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48
78	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
79	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
80	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	218	PRX	43
81	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	443	ART19	68
82	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
83	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
84	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
86	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
87	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	233	Spreaker	49
88	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	809	Spreaker	54
89	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
90	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
91	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	243	Spreaker	53
92	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
93	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
94	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
95	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
96	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
97	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
98	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
99	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	421	Libsyn	38
100	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	414	Libsyn	37

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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