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 Jun 2026

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06/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:48:39

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney (1 shows)

5. Brain Matters Neuroscience (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Spreaker (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	503	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
5	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
7	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
8	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
9	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
10	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
11	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
12	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
13	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
14	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
15	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
17	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
18	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
19	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
20	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
21	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	342	Simplecast	63
22	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
23	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
24	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
25	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
26	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	67	Megaphone	68
27	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
28	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
29	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
30	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	211	Libsyn	78
32	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
33	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	517	Spreaker	69
34	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
35	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
37	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
38	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
39	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
40	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
41	Sincerely Supernatural Podcast	With Seth and Hudson	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	41
42	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
43	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
44	Cráneo: Ciencia para niños curiosos	Cumbre Kids	Kids & Family	192	Buzzsprout	48
45	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	605	Libsyn	48
46	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	625	Spreaker	43
47	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	133	Spotify for Podcasters	32
48	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	309	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
50	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
52	The BUMP Podcast	Bo Kennedy	Science	376	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
54	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
55	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
56	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	174	Transistor	58
57	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
58	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
59	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
60	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
61	AnthroBiology Podcast	Gaby Lapera	Science	76	Libsyn	42
62	Orbital Path	PRX	Science	45	PRX	59
63	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	238	Spreaker	70
64	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
65	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	302	Libsyn	58
66	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
67	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	263	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	SilviCast	Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Science	71	Buzzsprout	73
69	Talkin' Cotton Podcast	University of Georgia's Cotton Team	Science	67	Buzzsprout	57
70	Flooba	Sounds for ADHD + ASD to Support Focus Regulation + Sleep	Science	110	Buzzsprout	73
71	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
72	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
74	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
75	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
76	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
78	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
79	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	645	lizhi.fm	32
80	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	989	Captivate	89
81	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	188	Transistor	68
82	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	364	Blubrry	38
83	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
84	Obscure Appalachia	Candis Casper	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	460	Acast	54
86	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
87	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	636	Libsyn	72
88	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	19	Blubrry	38
89	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2492	Libsyn	42
90	Thirst Gap: Learning to Live with Less on the Colorado River	KUNC	Science	7	Transistor	53
91	The Animal Heartbeat	Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos	Science	51	Buzzsprout	58
92	Manifesting Your Reality-The Law Of Assumption	Kimberly McComas	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	58
93	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
94	Sustainability and The Sea	FutureSwell	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	103	Podbean	42
96	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	377	Libsyn	38
97	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
98	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
99	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
100	The Fisheries Podcast	A team of fisheries scientists	Science	100	Podbean	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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