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 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 494

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 31:08:33

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Science Magazine (1 shows)

4. In Defense of Plants (1 shows)

5. SASQUATCH THEORY (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1352	Megaphone	58
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
7	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1427	Simplecast	63
8	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	63	Simplecast	73
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	342	Simplecast	63
12	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	366	Simplecast	52
13	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1576	Simplecast	58
14	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	477	Megaphone	63
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
17	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
20	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
22	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	640	Megaphone	58
23	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
24	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
25	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
28	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	267	Transistor	69
29	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
30	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
32	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
33	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
34	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
35	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	197	Libsyn	62
36	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	45	Unknown	89
37	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
38	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
39	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
40	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	414	Megaphone	48
41	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
42	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
43	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
44	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
45	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
46	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
47	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
48	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	629	Spreaker	69
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
52	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
53	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
54	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
55	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
56	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
57	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
58	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
59	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	238	Megaphone	63
60	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	417	Libsyn	37
61	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
63	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
64	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	240	Unknown	73
65	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	50	Podbean	62
66	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
67	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
68	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
69	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
70	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
71	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
72	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	236	Spreaker	49
73	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
74	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
75	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	310	Spreaker	84
76	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	460	Spreaker	59
77	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	814	Spreaker	54
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
79	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	704	Libsyn	43
80	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1367	Omny Studio	38
81	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
82	Completely Arbortrary	Completely Arbortrary	Science	303	ART19	63
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
85	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1097	PRX	63
86	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	375	Simplecast	48
87	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
88	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
89	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
90	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
91	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
92	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
93	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
94	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	79	Audioboom	59
95	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	580	RedCircle	53
96	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
97	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	83	PRX	79
98	Big Brains	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Science	226	Simplecast	63
99	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	24	Megaphone	48
100	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42

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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