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 26 Jul 2026

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07/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 483

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

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

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
7	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
10	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
12	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
13	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
17	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
18	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
21	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
22	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
23	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
24	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
25	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
28	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
29	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
33	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
34	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
36	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
37	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
38	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
39	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
40	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
42	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
43	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
44	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
45	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
46	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
47	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
48	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
51	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
52	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
53	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
54	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
55	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
56	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
57	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	244	Spreaker	53
58	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
59	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
60	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	422	Libsyn	38
61	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
62	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	306	Spreaker	84
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
66	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
68	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
69	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
70	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
71	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
72	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
73	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	86	Podbean	42
74	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
75	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
76	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
77	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
78	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	234	Spreaker	49
79	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
80	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
81	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
82	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
83	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
84	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
85	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
86	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
87	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
88	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
89	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
90	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
91	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
92	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
93	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
94	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
95	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
96	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
97	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
98	Health Wanted	WABE	Science	106	Omny Studio	63
99	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
100	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39

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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