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 24 Feb 2026

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02/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 462

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:26:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
9	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
10	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
11	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	480	Megaphone	63
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
16	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
17	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
21	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
22	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
23	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
24	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
30	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
31	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
32	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
35	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
36	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
37	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
38	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
39	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
40	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
41	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
42	The Persistence Lab	AbbVie	Science	3	CoHost	63
43	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
44	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
45	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
46	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
47	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
48	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
49	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1989	Megaphone	38
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
51	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
52	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
53	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
54	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
55	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
56	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
57	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
58	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
59	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
60	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
61	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
62	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
63	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
64	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
65	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
66	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
67	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
68	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
69	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
70	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
71	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
72	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
73	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
74	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
75	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
76	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
78	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
79	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
80	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
81	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
82	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
83	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
84	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
85	Big Picture Science	Big Picture Science	Science	701	Megaphone	53
86	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
88	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
89	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
90	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	506	Podbean	27
91	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
92	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
93	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
94	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
96	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
97	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
98	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
99	Cryptids Of The Corn	Cryptids of the Corn Podcast	Science	594	RedCircle	43
100	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	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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