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 Sep 2026

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09/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 444

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. GBH (2 shows)

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

4. Vic Cundiff (2 shows)

5. Health Optimization Medicine and Practice (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
2	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
4	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	19	Megaphone	58
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	363	Simplecast	58
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1412	Simplecast	63
11	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
12	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
13	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1565	Simplecast	58
14	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	194	Libsyn	62
15	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
16	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
17	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
18	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
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	509	Libsyn	48
21	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
23	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
31	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
32	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
33	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	42	Unknown	89
34	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
35	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
36	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
37	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
38	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
39	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
40	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
42	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
43	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
44	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
45	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69
46	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
48	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
49	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
52	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
54	The VPZD Show	Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania	Science	43	Megaphone	59
55	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
56	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1972	Megaphone	32
57	The Human Experiment	Ethan Reed	Science	9	Podbean	58
58	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
59	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
60	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
61	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
62	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	561	Spreaker	49
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
64	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
65	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	77	PRX	79
66	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
67	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
68	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
69	When We Find Them	Central Florida Public Media	Science	2	StreamGuys	53
70	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	633	Megaphone	58
71	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
72	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	809	Spreaker	54
73	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
74	Freakonomics, M.D.	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Science	87	Simplecast	53
75	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
76	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	227	Unknown	54
77	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
78	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	372	Simplecast	48
79	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
80	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
81	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
82	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	243	Spreaker	53
83	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	414	Libsyn	37
84	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	74	Libsyn	49
85	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
86	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
87	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	443	ART19	68
88	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
89	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
90	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
91	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
92	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	576	Spreaker	54
93	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
94	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
95	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
96	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
97	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
98	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	421	Libsyn	38
99	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
100	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53

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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