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 Aug 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Real Story Media (1 shows)

4. Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby (1 shows)

5. James Nash (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spreaker (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
4	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	87	Podbean	42
5	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
8	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
9	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
10	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
11	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
12	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
13	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
14	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
15	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
17	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
18	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
19	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	644	Megaphone	58
20	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
21	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	452	Spreaker	54
22	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
23	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	586	ART19	62
24	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52
25	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
26	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
27	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
28	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
29	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	517	Spreaker	69
30	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	625	Spreaker	43
31	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
32	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	211	Libsyn	78
33	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
34	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
35	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	238	Spreaker	70
36	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
38	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
39	The Guide Post	American Saltwater Guides Association	Science	234	CoHost	58
40	Working Wild U	Western Landowners Alliance and Montana State University Extension	Science	40	Libsyn	58
41	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	67	Megaphone	68
43	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
44	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
45	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	133	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
47	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	637	Libsyn	72
48	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	605	Libsyn	48
49	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2494	Libsyn	42
50	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
51	Sincerely Supernatural Podcast	With Seth and Hudson	Science	30	Spotify for Podcasters	41
52	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
53	Green Frequency \| Environmental Science & Earth Radio	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	16	Acast	73
54	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
55	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
56	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
57	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	310	Spotify for Podcasters	33
58	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	377	Libsyn	38
60	The Wild Line	Wild Idea Media	Science	71	Transistor	48
61	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	989	Captivate	89
62	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
63	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	343	Simplecast	63
64	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
65	Good Fire Podcast	Indigenous Leadership Initiative	Science	34	Squarespace	52
66	Dinosaur Stories	Dinosaur Podcast	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
67	The BIG Think	mackenzie peterson	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Paranormal Deep Dive \| True Ghost Stories	Real Story Media	Science	380	Audioboom	32
69	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
70	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	188	Transistor	68
71	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
72	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	645	lizhi.fm	32
73	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	19	Blubrry	38
74	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	122	Libsyn	68
75	Just Ecology	Karl Just	Science	24	Podbean	52
76	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
77	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	263	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	The Lab Coats & Life™ Podcast	The Lab Coats & Life™ Podcast	Science	24	Blubrry	42
79	La Ciencia Pop	Gabriel León	Science	256	Buzzsprout	73
80	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
82	Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum	Stephen Barcelo	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	ZSL Wild Science Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Zoological Society of London	Science	52	Libsyn	48
84	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
85	Aye-aye Pod	Duke Lemur Center	Science	29	Unknown	59
86	Don't Panic Geocast	John Leeman and Shannon Dulin	Science	437	Fireside	59
87	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
88	Nature Sounds	ABC	Science	22	ABC Australia	62
89	科学史评话最新专辑	科学史评话	Science & Medicine	628	Ximalaya	49
90	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	233	ABC Australia	38
91	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
92	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
93	Eye On The Sky	Vermont Public	Science	200	PRX	43
94	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
95	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	103	Podbean	42
96	Cheap Astronomy Podcasts	Steve Nerlich	Science & Medicine	427	Unknown	38
97	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
98	Mushroom Revival Podcast	Alex Dorr	Science	227	Buzzsprout	42
99	Real Science Radio	Bob Enyart	Science & Medicine	10	Feedburner	64
100	Bred to Perfection	Kenny Troiano	Science	326	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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