Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Natural Sciences

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 01 Feb 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:26

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. ABC Australia (2 shows)

3. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spreaker (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
5	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
7	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
8	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
9	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
10	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	283	Spreaker	59
11	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
12	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
13	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
15	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
16	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
17	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
18	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	576	RedCircle	53
19	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
20	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
21	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
22	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	583	ART19	62
23	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	334	Buzzsprout	52
24	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	633	Megaphone	58
25	Science Stuff To Blow Your Mind	Podgo	Science	35	Libsyn	32
26	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
27	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
28	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
29	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	263	Simplecast	63
30	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
31	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
32	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
33	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	207	Libsyn	78
34	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
35	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
36	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
37	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	33
38	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
39	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	165	Captivate	32
40	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
41	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	596	Libsyn	48
42	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	455	Acast	54
44	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
45	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	176	Blubrry	48
46	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	513	Spreaker	69
47	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
48	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
49	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
50	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
51	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	296	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	621	Spreaker	43
53	The Broken Science Podcast	The Broken Science Initiative	Science	8	Libsyn	37
55	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
57	Tinfoil Tales	Brandon Wright	Science	301	Simplecast	84
58	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
59	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
60	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
61	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	642	lizhi.fm	32
62	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
63	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
64	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	64	Megaphone	68
65	天方烨谈	基因频道	Science & Medicine	2000	Ximalaya	43
66	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
67	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	428	Spreaker	48
68	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	228	ABC Australia	38
69	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	64	Squarespace	48
70	Sea to Trees	National Park Service	Science	15	Unknown	63
71	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	258	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
73	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	115	Libsyn	52
74	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	622	Libsyn	72
75	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	443	ART19	68
76	Cryptid Clues	Urban Myth, Monsters, True Crime, Found Footage, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Skunk Ape, Cryptids, Ufos, Ghosts, Demons, Dogman, Skin Walker, Dover Demon, Yeti, Mothman, Jersey Devil, Chupacabra, Lake monster, Possession, Gnomes, The Orbs, Ogopogo	Science	265	Spreaker	53
77	Trás los pasos de Santa Hildegarda de Bingen	JuanDiegoNetwork.com	Science	65	Captivate	78
78	Carolina Weather Group	CarolinaWeatherGroup.com	Science	710	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
80	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
81	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
82	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	261	Libsyn	47
83	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Wild Animals	Roland Kays	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	43
85	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
86	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
87	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
88	Whale Tales Podcast	Whale Tales	Science	106	Blubrry	32
89	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
90	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	236	Spreaker	70
91	Aye-aye Pod	Duke Lemur Center	Science	29	Unknown	59
92	科学星球	BOX孙彬	Science	97	Ximalaya	43
93	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
94	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
95	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
96	Urban Wildlife Podcast	Urban Wildlife Podcast	Science	121	Blubrry	38
97	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
98	汪诘：科学有故事（主打）	科学有故事	Science & Medicine	842	Ximalaya	38
99	Evolution Talk	Rick Coste	Science	167	Libsyn	43
100	Brainforest Café	SpectreVision Radio	Science	70	Megaphone	69

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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