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 06 Nov 2025

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11/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

4. ABC Australia (2 shows)

5. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spreaker (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
3	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
4	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
6	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
8	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
9	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
11	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
12	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
13	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
14	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
15	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
16	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	286	Spreaker	59
18	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
19	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
20	Good Garbage with Ved Krishna	Pakka	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
22	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
23	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	584	ART19	62
24	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
25	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	438	Spreaker	54
26	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	513	Spreaker	69
27	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
28	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
29	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	621	Spreaker	43
30	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	297	Spotify for Podcasters	52
31	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
32	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	176	Blubrry	48
33	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
34	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
35	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	306	Spotify for Podcasters	33
36	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	341	Simplecast	63
37	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
38	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
39	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
41	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
42	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
43	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	162	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
45	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
46	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
47	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
48	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	207	Libsyn	78
49	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	64	Squarespace	48
50	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	335	Buzzsprout	52
51	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	83	Simplecast	73
52	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	116	Libsyn	52
53	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	264	Simplecast	63
54	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
55	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
57	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
58	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
59	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	598	Libsyn	48
60	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2467	Libsyn	42
61	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
62	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
63	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
64	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
65	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	102	Podbean	42
66	Mushroom Revival Podcast	Alex Dorr	Science	227	Buzzsprout	42
67	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	261	Libsyn	47
68	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	188	Transistor	68
69	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	229	ABC Australia	38
70	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
71	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	444	ART19	68
72	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
74	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
75	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	981	Captivate	89
76	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
77	K9 Conservationists	Kayla Fratt	Science	255	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
79	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	623	Libsyn	72
80	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	259	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	Bird’s Eye View	Mathew G. Radford	Science	216	Buzzsprout	43
82	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
83	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
84	The Fisheries Podcast	A team of fisheries scientists	Science	100	Podbean	52
85	Papers to Podcasts	Bradley Cohen	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
87	Zoo Logic	Dr. Grey Stafford	Science	413	Libsyn	73
88	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
89	Spooky Science Sisters	Meagan Ankney \| Paige Miller	Science	114	Buzzsprout	69
90	科学史评话最新专辑	科学史评话	Science & Medicine	628	Ximalaya	49
91	Joint Approach	Musculoskeletal Infection Society	Science	76	Libsyn	38
92	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	300	Libsyn	58
93	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	643	lizhi.fm	32
94	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
95	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
96	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
97	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	429	Spreaker	48
98	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
99	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
100	The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI	Alexander Schacht and Benjamin Piske, biometricians, statisticians and leaders in the pharma industry	Science	481	Podigee	48

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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