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 31 Jul 2026

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07/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 460

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 31:08:01

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. SpectreVision Radio (1 shows)

3. Mission.org (1 shows)

4. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

5. NPR Network (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
4	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
5	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	195	Libsyn	62
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
7	Big Ideas Lab	Mission.org	Science	62	Simplecast	73
8	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
9	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
10	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
13	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
15	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
16	Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration	Corinna Bellizzi	Science	364	Simplecast	52
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
18	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
19	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
20	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
22	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
23	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
27	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
28	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
29	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
30	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
31	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
33	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
34	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
35	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
36	When autistic kids grow up	The Transmitter	Science	6	Unknown	48
37	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
38	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
39	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
40	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
41	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	237	Megaphone	63
42	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
43	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
44	Tomorrow's Cure	Mayo Clinic	Science	46	PRX	69
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
48	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
49	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
51	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
52	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
53	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
54	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	335	Buzzsprout	52
55	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
56	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
58	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
59	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
60	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
61	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
62	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
63	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	86	Podbean	42
64	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
65	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
66	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
68	The American Birding Podcast	American Birding Association	Science	415	Libsyn	37
69	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
70	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
71	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
72	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
73	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
74	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
75	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
77	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
78	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
80	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
81	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
82	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
83	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	211	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
85	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
86	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
87	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
88	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
89	SASQUATCH THEORY	SASQUATCH THEORY	Science	306	Spreaker	84
90	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
91	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
92	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
93	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
94	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
95	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
96	Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters	W.J. Sheehan	Nature	300	Blubrry	42
97	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
98	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
99	The Hamilton Morris Podcast	Hamilton Morris	Science	40	Buzzsprout	37
100	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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