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 29 Mar 2026

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03/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 466

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:49:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. NPR (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
6	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
10	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
11	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	61	Simplecast	73
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
13	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
15	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
17	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
18	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
19	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	292	Acast	43
20	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
22	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
23	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
24	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
25	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
26	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
27	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
29	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
31	Osterholm Update Details temporarily unavailable	CIDRAP	Science	226	Unknown	54
32	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
34	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
35	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
36	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
38	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	236	Megaphone	63
39	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
40	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
41	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
42	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
43	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
44	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
45	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
46	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
47	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
50	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1965	Megaphone	32
51	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
52	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	491	Audioboom	53
55	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
56	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
57	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
58	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
59	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
60	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
61	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
63	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	412	Libsyn	37
64	My Bigfoot Sighting	Vic Cundiff	Science	241	Spreaker	53
65	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
66	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
67	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
68	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
70	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	419	Libsyn	38
71	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
72	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
73	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
74	Bigfoot Crossroads	Matt Knapp	Science	231	Spreaker	49
75	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
76	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
79	StarTalk Podcast	StarTalk Podcast	Science	96	RSS.com	32
80	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
83	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	547	Spreaker	64
84	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
85	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
86	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
87	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
88	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
89	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	228	Libsyn	57
90	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
91	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
92	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
93	The Pulse	NPR	Science	210	Megaphone	43
94	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
95	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
96	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	370	Simplecast	48
97	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
98	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	75	Audioboom	59
99	Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production)	Josh Turknett, MD	Science	99	Libsyn	48
100	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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