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 09 Jul 2025

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07/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:14

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

4. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Iszi Lawrence and David Hone (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spreaker (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
2	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1404	Simplecast	63
3	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
4	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
5	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
6	Nephilim Death Squad	Nephilimdsquad	Comedy	383	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
8	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
9	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
10	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
11	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
12	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
13	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
14	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
15	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
16	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
17	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	574	RedCircle	53
18	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
19	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
20	Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	67	Acast	62
21	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
22	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
23	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
24	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
25	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
26	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	582	ART19	62
27	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
28	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
29	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
30	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
31	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
32	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
33	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
34	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
35	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
36	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
38	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	619	Spreaker	43
39	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	71	Simplecast	73
40	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	592	Libsyn	48
41	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
42	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	511	Spreaker	69
43	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
44	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
45	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
47	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	63	Libsyn	48
48	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
49	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	53
50	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
51	Tide Talk	Sand Shark Center for Innovative Media	Science	3	Buzzsprout	58
52	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2449	Libsyn	42
53	Plastic Plesiosaur Podcast	Miles Greb	Science	56	Buzzsprout	47
54	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	175	Blubrry	48
55	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
56	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	83	Simplecast	73
57	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	114	Libsyn	52
58	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
59	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
60	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
61	That Bigfoot Podcast	Paranormal World Productions Studio	Science	230	Spreaker	59
62	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
63	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	205	Libsyn	78
64	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
67	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
68	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
69	Applied Mycology	Applied Mycology	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
70	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
71	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
72	Chaser Chat	Chaser Chat \| Weather \| Storm Chasing \| Tornado	Science	149	Libsyn	43
73	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
74	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	234	Spreaker	70
75	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
76	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	454	Acast	54
77	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
78	Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised	Endeavor Business Media	Science	59	Podbean	52
79	Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast	Kade Moir	Science	254	Acast	68
80	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	976	Captivate	89
81	Time and Tide	New Hampshire Sea Grant	Science	20	Transistor	68
82	F.A.Z. Wissen	Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung	Science	203	Podigee	59
83	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	619	Libsyn	72
84	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
85	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
86	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	442	ART19	68
87	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
88	terrestrial	KUOW News and Information	Science	17	Unknown	43
89	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	164	Captivate	32
90	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	260	Libsyn	47
91	Solar Disruption Theory	Freedom Forever	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	Spooky Science Sisters	Evergreen Podcasts \| Killer Podcasts	Science	113	Megaphone	63
93	Project Botany	David Brooksby	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
95	How Do I Do This: An Environmental Career Podcast	Emerging Leaders for Biodiversity	Science	60	Buzzsprout	51
96	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	261	Simplecast	63
97	Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast	Research Insights	Science	386	Libsyn	32
98	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
99	La Ciencia Pop	Gabriel León	Science	249	Buzzsprout	73
100	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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