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 23 Apr 2026

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04/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 466

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:48:30

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. Mission.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
3	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
8	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	268	Transistor	69
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
14	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
18	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
19	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
21	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
22	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
23	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
25	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
28	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
31	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
32	The Pools Scientific Podcast	John Cooper	Science	3	Buzzsprout	68
33	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
34	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
35	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
36	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
37	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
38	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
39	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
41	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
42	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
43	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
44	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
45	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
47	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
48	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
49	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
50	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
51	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
53	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
54	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
55	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
56	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
57	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1991	Megaphone	38
58	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
59	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
60	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
61	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	495	Audioboom	53
62	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
63	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
64	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
65	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
66	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
67	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
68	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
69	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
70	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
71	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
72	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
73	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
74	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	566	Spreaker	49
75	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
76	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
77	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	419	Libsyn	37
78	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	427	Simplecast	48
79	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
80	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
81	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
82	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
83	Curiosity Theory	Dr. Dakotah Tyler & Justin Shaifer	Science	61	Buzzsprout	68
84	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
85	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
86	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
87	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
88	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	818	Spreaker	54
89	The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology	Sebastian Hassinger	Science	116	Transistor	58
90	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
92	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
93	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
94	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
95	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
96	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
97	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
98	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
99	Native Plants, Healthy Planet	Pinelands Nursery, Bleav	Science	340	Simplecast	52
100	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	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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