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 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 446

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 31:43:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD (1 shows)

4. David Puder, M.D. (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1358	Megaphone	58
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
6	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
7	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
8	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
12	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
13	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
16	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
17	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
18	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
19	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
22	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	343	Simplecast	63
23	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	369	Simplecast	52
24	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
25	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
26	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
27	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	86	PRX	79
28	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
31	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
33	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
34	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
36	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
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	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
40	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
41	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
42	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
43	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
44	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
46	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
48	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
49	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1989	Megaphone	38
51	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	416	Megaphone	48
52	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
53	Black Bird Joy: Conversations in Nature	Black Bird Joy	Science	5	Buzzsprout	68
54	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
55	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
56	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
57	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
58	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
59	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
60	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	69
61	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
62	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
63	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
64	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
65	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
66	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
67	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	308	Megaphone	63
68	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
69	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
70	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
71	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
72	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
73	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	506	Podbean	27
74	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
75	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
76	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	376	Simplecast	48
77	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
78	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
79	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
80	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
81	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
82	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
83	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
84	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
85	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
86	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
87	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
88	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	297	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Stories of Trees	Corazón Latino	Nature	3	N/A	N/A
90	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
91	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
92	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
93	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
94	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
95	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
96	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	565	Spreaker	49
97	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
98	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
99	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
100	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68

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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