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 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 437

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:25:04

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. KUOW News and Information (2 shows)

5. Mission.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
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	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
12	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
19	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
22	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	369	Simplecast	52
23	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
27	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	86	PRX	79
28	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
29	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
30	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
31	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
32	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
34	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
35	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
38	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
39	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
40	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
41	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
42	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
43	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
44	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
45	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
47	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
48	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
49	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1989	Megaphone	38
50	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
51	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
52	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
53	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
54	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
56	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
57	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
58	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
59	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
60	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
61	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
62	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	506	Podbean	27
63	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
64	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
65	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
67	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
68	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	69
69	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
70	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
71	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
72	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
73	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
74	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
75	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
76	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
77	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	376	Simplecast	48
78	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
79	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
80	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
81	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
82	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	308	Megaphone	63
83	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
84	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
85	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
86	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
87	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
88	Pocket Science	KUOW News and Information	Science	10	Omny Studio	58
89	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
90	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
91	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
92	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
95	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
96	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
97	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
98	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
99	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	297	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28

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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