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 27 Feb 2026

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02/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 498

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:01

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	711	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	866	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
8	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1954	Simplecast	58
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
12	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1404	Simplecast	63
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
16	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
18	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
19	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
20	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
22	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	368	Megaphone	73
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
25	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
26	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
27	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	852	Omny Studio	48
28	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
29	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
30	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
31	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
32	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
33	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
36	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
37	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
38	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
39	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
40	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
41	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
42	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
43	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
44	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
45	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
46	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
47	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	2426	Simplecast	69
48	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
49	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
53	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
54	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	806	Spreaker	54
55	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1583	Unknown	48
56	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	304	Unknown	73
57	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
58	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
59	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	The Persistence Lab	AbbVie	Science	3	CoHost	63
62	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	938	Megaphone	63
63	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
64	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1966	Megaphone	32
65	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1360	Omny Studio	38
67	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	458	Acast	38
68	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1189	Spreaker	53
69	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
70	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
71	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
72	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
73	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	603	Acast	63
74	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
75	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
76	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
77	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
78	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	599	ART19	42
80	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
81	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
82	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
83	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
84	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
85	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
86	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
87	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
88	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	300	Spreaker	84
89	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
90	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
91	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
92	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
93	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
94	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
95	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
96	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
97	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
98	Unbiased Science	@unbiasedscipod	Science	221	Megaphone	83
99	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
100	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	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.

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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