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 03 Jul 2026

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07/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:45

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. ABC Australia (2 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. Cara Santa Maria (1 shows)

5. Michael Shermer (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Spreaker (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
6	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
8	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
9	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
11	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
12	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	619	Spreaker	43
14	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
15	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
16	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
17	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	574	RedCircle	53
18	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
19	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
20	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
21	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
22	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	582	ART19	62
23	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
24	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
25	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	511	Spreaker	69
26	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
27	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
28	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
29	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	592	Libsyn	48
30	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
31	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
32	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
34	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
35	Positive Charge by GeekWire	GeekWire	Science	6	Omny Studio	58
36	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
37	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	33
38	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
39	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	205	Libsyn	78
41	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Sincerely Supernatural Podcast	With Seth and Hudson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	41
43	Cráneo: Ciencia para niños curiosos	Cumbre Kids	Kids & Family	185	Buzzsprout	48
44	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
45	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	442	ART19	68
46	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
47	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
48	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
50	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	261	Simplecast	63
51	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
52	Path to Zero Details temporarily unavailable	Propane Education & Research Council	Science	50	Unknown	69
53	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
54	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
55	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
56	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
57	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	63	Libsyn	48
58	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
59	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
60	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
61	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	256	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	Dinosaur Stories	Dinosaur Podcast	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	114	Libsyn	52
64	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	164	Captivate	32
65	Yellowstone In Depth	unknown_author	Science & Medicine	7	Unknown	33
66	Gamebird University	Mississippi State University Extension Service	Science	19	Libsyn	79
67	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	374	Libsyn	38
68	SilviCast	Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Science	70	Buzzsprout	73
69	Palaeo After Dark	James Lamsdell, Amanda Falk, and Curtis Congreve	Science	359	Libsyn	48
70	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
71	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	976	Captivate	89
72	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
73	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	64	Megaphone	68
74	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
75	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	58	Transistor	58
76	AquaDiary: Water Mysteries, Science & News	Ally Berry	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	619	Libsyn	72
78	Flooba	Sounds for ADHD + ASD to Support Focus Regulation + Sleep	Science	105	Buzzsprout	73
79	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
80	Cotton Specialists Corner	Extension Cotton Specialists	Science	66	Buzzsprout	48
81	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
82	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	175	Blubrry	48
83	Eye On The Sky	Vermont Public	Science	335	PRX	49
84	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	641	lizhi.fm	32
85	Hematopoiesis: An ASH Trainee Council Production	American Society of Hematology	Science	16	Transistor	58
86	Talkin' Cotton Podcast	University of Georgia's Cotton Team	Science	63	Buzzsprout	62
87	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
88	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
89	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	226	ABC Australia	38
90	CERN - Large Hadron Collider Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	yada yada productions	Natural Sciences	12	N/A	N/A
91	Project Botany	David Brooksby	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	Today's Creation Moment	Creation Moments	Science	1934	Libsyn	38
93	PolliNation Podcast	Andony Melathopoulos	Science	305	Libsyn	32
94	Thirst Gap: Learning to Live with Less on the Colorado River	KUNC	Science	7	Transistor	53
95	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	426	Spreaker	48
96	Sustainable Winegrowing	Vineyard Team	Science	322	Libsyn	63
97	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	234	Spreaker	70
98	Brainforest Café	SpectreVision Radio	Science	69	Megaphone	69
99	Texas A&M AgriLife Ranch to Retail Details temporarily unavailable	Danny Nusser	Science	68	Libsyn	58
100	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	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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