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 Sep 2026

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09/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 463

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:23:09

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

3. GBH (2 shows)

4. Vox (1 shows)

5. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	714	Simplecast	48
3	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	19	Megaphone	58
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	363	Simplecast	58
9	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1565	Simplecast	58
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1412	Simplecast	63
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	194	Libsyn	62
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
16	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
18	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
19	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
21	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
27	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
28	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
30	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
33	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
34	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
35	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
36	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
37	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
38	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
39	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	77	PRX	79
40	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1972	Megaphone	32
41	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1121	Audioboom	48
42	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
43	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
44	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
45	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
46	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
47	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
48	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
49	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
50	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
51	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
52	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
53	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
55	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
56	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
57	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
58	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
59	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
60	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	809	Spreaker	54
62	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
63	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
64	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
65	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
66	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
67	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
68	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
70	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	947	Megaphone	63
72	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
73	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
74	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
75	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
76	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
77	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
78	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
79	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
80	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	913	Libsyn	68
81	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
82	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
83	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
84	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
85	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
86	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
87	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
89	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	480	Spotify for Podcasters	22
90	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	443	ART19	68
91	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	576	Spreaker	54
92	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
93	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48
94	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
95	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	295	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
97	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
98	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
99	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
100	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	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.

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