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 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 439

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

5. Real Organic Project (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
5	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	64	Simplecast	73
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
7	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
8	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
9	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
12	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
14	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	199	Libsyn	62
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
17	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
21	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	370	Simplecast	52
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
23	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
24	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
26	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	494	Audioboom	53
27	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
29	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
31	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
33	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
34	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	65	Megaphone	53
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
36	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	87	PRX	79
37	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
38	Black Bird Joy: Conversations in Nature	Black Bird Joy	Science	5	Buzzsprout	68
39	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	47	Unknown	89
40	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
41	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
42	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
43	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
44	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
45	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
46	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
48	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
50	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
51	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1990	Megaphone	38
52	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
53	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
54	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
55	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
56	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
57	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
58	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
59	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
60	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
61	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
62	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	304	Acast	43
63	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
64	Real Organic Podcast	Real Organic Project	Science	308	Megaphone	63
65	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
66	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
67	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
68	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
69	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
70	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
71	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
72	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
73	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
74	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	239	Megaphone	63
75	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	69
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
77	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
78	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	377	Simplecast	48
79	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	817	Spreaker	54
80	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
81	Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine	Pri-Med	Science	506	Podbean	27
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
83	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
84	Emergency Medicine Board Bombs	EM Board Bombs	Science	297	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54
86	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
87	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
88	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
89	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
90	Stories of Trees	Corazón Latino	Nature	3	N/A	N/A
91	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	314	Spreaker	84
92	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
93	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
94	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
95	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
96	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
97	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
98	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
99	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
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.

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