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 12 Mar 2026

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03/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:37

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. Holosky Podcast (1 shows)

4. unknown_author (1 shows)

5. Paul Middlebrooks (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Spreaker (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	410	Megaphone	48
6	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
8	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
9	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
10	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
11	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	64	Megaphone	68
12	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	583	ART19	62
13	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
15	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	576	RedCircle	53
16	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
17	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
18	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
19	Brainforest Café	SpectreVision Radio	Science	70	Megaphone	69
20	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
21	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
22	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
23	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	443	ART19	68
24	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
25	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	633	Megaphone	58
26	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	513	Spreaker	69
27	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
28	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
29	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
30	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
31	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
32	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	334	Buzzsprout	52
33	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	33
34	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
35	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
37	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
38	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	207	Libsyn	78
40	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	299	Libsyn	58
42	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
43	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
44	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
45	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	64	Squarespace	48
46	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	115	Libsyn	52
47	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
48	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
49	Cryptid Warfare	Drewski	Science	100	Podbean	48
50	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
51	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
52	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	621	Spreaker	43
53	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	176	Blubrry	48
54	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	979	Captivate	89
55	Science Stuff To Blow Your Mind	Podgo	Science	35	Libsyn	32
56	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
57	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
58	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
59	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	263	Simplecast	63
60	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
61	Science You Can Use	Rocky Mountain Research Station	Science	51	Libsyn	38
62	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
63	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	296	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	642	lizhi.fm	32
65	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
66	The BUMP Podcast	Bo Kennedy	Science	375	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Prehospital Paradigm Podcast	University Hospitals of Cleveland	Science	180	Libsyn	27
68	Tinfoil Tales	Brandon Wright	Science	301	Simplecast	84
69	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
70	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
71	SilviCast	Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Science	70	Buzzsprout	73
72	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
73	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
74	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
75	The Urban Chicken Podcast - The Urbanite's Podcast Resource for Keeping Backyard Chickens	Jen Pitino: Urban Chicken-keeper & Backyard Chicken Enthusiast	Science	61	Libsyn	32
76	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
77	History of the Earth	Richard I. Gibson	Science & Medicine	14	Feedburner	59
78	Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast	Jill Cloutier	Science	169	Libsyn	27
79	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
80	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	622	Libsyn	72
81	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
82	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2461	Libsyn	42
83	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
85	Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised	Endeavor Business Media	Science	59	Podbean	52
86	Applied Mycology	Applied Mycology	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
88	The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast	Eva Monheim	Science	211	Spotify for Podcasters	37
89	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Fins, Fur, and Feathers	Joe Gerken and Drew Ricketts	Science	76	Libsyn	48
91	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	455	Acast	54
92	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
93	Digital Pathology Podcast	Aleksandra Zuraw, DVM, PhD	Science	249	Buzzsprout	62
94	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
95	The Vet Tech Cafe's Podcast	Vet Tech Cafe	Science	100	Podbean	37
96	Learn Traditional Chinese Medicine, Functional Medicine and any kinds of Alternative Medicine	Shiho Cierra Fujimaru	Science	419	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
98	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	258	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	omega tau - English only	Markus Voelter, Nora Ludewig	Science	100	Unknown	53
100	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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