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 28 Apr 2026

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04/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 449

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:25:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

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

4. Goalhanger (1 shows)

5. Mission.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
7	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1404	Simplecast	63
10	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
13	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
15	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
16	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
17	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
18	Songbirding	Rob Porter	Science	264	Transistor	69
19	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
22	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
23	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
26	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
27	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
28	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
29	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
31	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
32	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 5	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	60	Megaphone	73
33	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
34	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
36	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
37	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
38	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
39	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
40	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
41	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
42	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
43	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
44	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
45	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
46	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
47	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1966	Megaphone	32
48	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
49	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
50	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
51	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
52	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
53	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
54	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
55	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
56	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
57	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
58	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1583	Unknown	48
59	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
60	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	806	Spreaker	54
62	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
63	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
64	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
65	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
66	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
67	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
68	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
70	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
72	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
73	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
74	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
75	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
76	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
77	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
78	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
79	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
80	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
81	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
82	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	467	Megaphone	53
83	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
84	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
85	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	559	Spreaker	49
86	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	574	RedCircle	53
87	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1360	Omny Studio	38
88	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
89	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
90	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	300	Spreaker	84
91	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
92	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
93	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
94	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
95	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
96	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	549	Spreaker	64
97	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
98	The Pools Scientific Podcast	John Cooper	Science	3	Buzzsprout	68
99	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
100	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	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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