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 Oct 2026

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10/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 467

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:49

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. Sam Harris (1 shows)

5. Robinson Erhardt (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1356	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	541	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
12	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
14	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
15	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
16	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
17	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
18	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
20	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
21	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
23	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	368	Simplecast	52
24	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
31	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
32	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
34	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
35	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
36	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
37	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
38	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
41	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
43	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
44	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
45	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
46	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1986	Megaphone	38
47	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	303	Acast	43
48	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
49	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
50	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
51	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
53	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	229	Unknown	54
54	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
55	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	64	Megaphone	53
56	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
57	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	816	Spreaker	54
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
62	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
63	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
64	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
65	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
66	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
68	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	307	Megaphone	63
69	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
70	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
71	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
72	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
73	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
74	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
75	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
76	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
78	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
79	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	312	Spreaker	84
80	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
83	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
84	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
85	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
86	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
87	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
88	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
89	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	12	Omny Studio	69
90	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
91	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	630	Spreaker	54
92	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
93	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
94	Risky or Not?	Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman	Science	996	Libsyn	48
95	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
96	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
97	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	85	PRX	79
98	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	213	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
100	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52

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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