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 May 2026

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05/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 326

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. ABC Australia (2 shows)

3. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. Cara Santa Maria (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spreaker (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	728	Libsyn	43
3	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
4	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
6	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
7	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
8	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
9	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
10	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
11	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
12	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	574	RedCircle	53
13	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
14	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
15	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	631	Megaphone	58
16	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
17	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
18	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	506	Spreaker	54
19	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	583	ART19	62
20	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
21	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
22	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
23	The BUMP Podcast	Bo Kennedy	Science	375	Spotify for Podcasters	42
24	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
25	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	63	Libsyn	48
27	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
28	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	511	Spreaker	69
29	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
30	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
31	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
32	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	205	Libsyn	78
33	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	33
34	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	115	Libsyn	52
35	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
36	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
37	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
38	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	593	Libsyn	48
39	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
40	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
41	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
42	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
43	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
44	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
45	Cráneo: Ciencia para niños curiosos	Cumbre Kids	Kids & Family	186	Buzzsprout	48
46	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Green Frequency \| Environmental Science & Earth Radio	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	13	Acast	73
48	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
49	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
50	Science Stuff To Blow Your Mind	Podgo	Science	34	Libsyn	32
51	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	64	Megaphone	68
52	NOVA Now	GBH	Science	22	PRX	94
53	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
54	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	977	Captivate	89
55	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	442	ART19	68
56	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
57	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	619	Spreaker	43
59	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
60	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
61	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	298	Libsyn	58
62	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	175	Blubrry	48
63	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
64	(don't) Waste Water! \| Water Tech to Solve the World	Antoine Walter	Science	504	Ausha	68
65	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
66	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2452	Libsyn	42
67	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
68	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
69	Good Fire Podcast	Indigenous Leadership Initiative	Science	33	Squarespace	52
70	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
71	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
72	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
73	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
74	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
75	Inquiries of our Reality with Shayn Jones	Shayn Jones	Science	472	RedCircle	73
76	Mushroom Revival Podcast	Alex Dorr	Science	227	Buzzsprout	42
77	Motivational Interviewing & Beyond	Joel Porter & Steve Rollnick	Science	33	Buzzsprout	52
78	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
79	Bird’s Eye View	Mathew G. Radford	Science	213	Buzzsprout	43
80	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
81	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	164	Captivate	32
82	Soil Sense	Tim Hammerich and Abbey Wick, Ph.D.	Science	150	Spotify for Podcasters	43
83	Paranormal Fears	Podcast Audio House	Science	44	Spreaker	54
84	Lost River Legends	Lost River Legends	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Science You Can Use	Rocky Mountain Research Station	Science	51	Libsyn	38
86	Double Loop Podcast	Glenn Langenburg and Eric Ray	Science & Medicine	161	Soundcloud	43
87	Cotton Specialists Corner	Extension Cotton Specialists	Science	67	Buzzsprout	42
88	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
89	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
90	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	374	Libsyn	38
91	Digital Pathology Podcast	Aleksandra Zuraw, DVM, PhD	Science	249	Buzzsprout	62
92	Cryptid Warfare	Drewski	Science	100	Podbean	48
93	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	227	ABC Australia	38
94	Whale Tales Podcast	Whale Tales	Science	106	Blubrry	32
95	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	257	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	71	Simplecast	73
97	Paranormal Deep Dive \| True Ghost Stories	Real Story Media	Science	380	Audioboom	32
98	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	185	Transistor	68
99	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	262	Simplecast	63
100	Cannabis Science Podcast	Dr. Ricardo Rivera	Science	57	Spreaker	59

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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