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 08 Sep 2025

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09/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 363

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. ABC Australia (2 shows)

5. Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spreaker (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
4	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
5	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
7	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
8	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
9	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
10	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
11	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
12	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
13	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
14	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
15	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
16	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
17	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
18	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
19	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
20	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
21	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
22	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
23	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
25	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	59
26	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	448	Spreaker	54
27	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
28	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
29	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
30	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
31	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
32	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
33	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	117	Libsyn	52
34	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	624	Spreaker	43
35	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
36	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
37	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
38	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	603	Libsyn	48
39	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
40	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
41	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
42	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	85	Simplecast	73
43	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	262	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	267	Simplecast	63
45	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
46	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2487	Libsyn	42
47	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	516	Spreaker	69
48	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	987	Captivate	89
49	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
50	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	341	Simplecast	63
51	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	102	Podbean	42
52	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
53	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	338	Buzzsprout	52
54	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	444	ART19	68
56	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
57	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
58	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
59	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
60	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
61	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	210	Libsyn	78
62	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	168	Simplecast	47
63	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
64	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
65	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	460	Acast	54
66	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	232	ABC Australia	38
67	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	132	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
69	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
71	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
72	佐々木亮の宇宙ばなし	佐々木亮	Science	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
74	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	363	Blubrry	38
75	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	263	Libsyn	47
76	The Orbital Mechanics Podcast	David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just	Science & Medicine	300	Squarespace	48
77	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
78	Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast	Jill Cloutier	Science	169	Libsyn	27
79	New Books in Mathematics	Marshall Poe	Science	176	Simplecast	69
80	PolliNation Podcast	Andony Melathopoulos	Science	308	Libsyn	32
81	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
82	Tinfoil Tales	Brandon Wright	Science	308	Simplecast	84
83	Gamebird University	Mississippi State University Extension Service	Science	20	Libsyn	73
84	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
85	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
86	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	P.E.E.P. Podcast (People Experiencing Everyday Paranormal)	Nicolle Morock	Science	129	Spreaker	48
88	AnthroBiology Podcast	Gaby Lapera	Science	76	Libsyn	42
89	That Bigfoot Podcast	Paranormal World Productions Studio	Science	230	Spreaker	59
90	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	432	Spreaker	48
91	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
92	The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast	Dimitri Tsitos & Etienne Compagnon	Science	57	Acast	58
93	La Ciencia Pop	Gabriel León	Science	255	Buzzsprout	73
94	Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast	Research Insights	Science	393	Libsyn	27
95	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
96	老高与小茉 \| 最全专辑 \| 修音去尾完美版	Mr大狼	Science	373	Ximalaya	43
97	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
98	Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast	Kade Moir	Science	254	Acast	68
99	PNRI Science: Rare Disease, Real Progress	PNRI	Science	12	Libsyn	73
100	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	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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