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 25 Jan 2026

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01/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 548

Frequency: every 8 days

Duration: 31:07:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
8	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
9	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	480	Megaphone	63
14	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
15	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
16	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
19	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
20	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
21	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
22	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
23	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
24	The Pulse	WHYY	Science	222	PRX	43
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
27	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
29	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
30	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
31	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
32	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
33	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
36	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
37	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
38	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
39	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
40	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
41	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
42	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
43	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
44	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
45	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1989	Megaphone	38
46	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
47	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
48	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
49	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
50	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
51	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
52	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
53	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
54	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	237	Spreaker	49
55	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
56	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
57	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	383	Audioboom	63
58	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
59	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
60	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
61	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
62	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
66	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	418	Libsyn	37
67	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
68	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	247	Spreaker	53
69	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
70	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
71	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
72	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	426	Simplecast	48
73	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
75	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
76	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
77	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
78	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
79	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
81	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
82	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	993	Spreaker	53
83	AccuWeather Daily	AccuWeather	Science	1812	Megaphone	43
84	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
85	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
86	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
87	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
88	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	341	Simplecast	63
89	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
90	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
91	iNTO THE FRAY RADIO - Encounters with the Paranormal	Shannon LeGro	Science	807	Spreaker	53
92	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
93	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	376	Simplecast	48
94	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
95	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
96	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
97	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	51	Triton Digital	38
98	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
99	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
100	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63

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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