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 18 Feb 2026

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02/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:50

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. ABC Australia (2 shows)

4. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. In Defense of Plants (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (22 shows)

2. Spreaker (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 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	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	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
6	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
7	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
8	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
9	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
11	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	296	Spreaker	59
12	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
13	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
14	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
16	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
17	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	586	ART19	62
18	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
19	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
20	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
21	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
22	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	232	ABC Australia	38
23	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
24	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	211	Libsyn	78
25	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	517	Spreaker	69
26	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
27	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
28	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
29	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
30	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	605	Libsyn	48
31	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
32	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
33	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	309	Spotify for Podcasters	33
34	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
35	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
36	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
39	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	625	Spreaker	43
40	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	174	Transistor	58
41	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	133	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
43	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
44	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
45	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
46	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
47	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	167	Captivate	32
48	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
49	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
50	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
51	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
52	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	343	Simplecast	63
53	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	460	Acast	54
54	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
55	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2493	Libsyn	42
56	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
57	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
58	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
59	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
60	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
61	Tinfoil Tales	Brandon Wright	Science	309	Simplecast	84
62	Bird’s Eye View	Mathew G. Radford	Science	221	Buzzsprout	43
63	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	377	Libsyn	38
64	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	645	lizhi.fm	32
65	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
66	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	433	Spreaker	48
67	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
68	Science Stuff To Blow Your Mind	Podgo	Science	35	Libsyn	32
69	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
70	科学星球	BOX孙彬	Science	97	Ximalaya	43
71	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	Chaser Chat	Chaser Chat \| Weather \| Storm Chasing \| Tornado	Science	149	Libsyn	43
73	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
74	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	989	Captivate	89
75	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
76	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	637	Libsyn	72
77	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	97	Buzzsprout	49
78	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
79	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
80	Cheap Astronomy Podcasts	Steve Nerlich	Science & Medicine	427	Unknown	38
81	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	122	Libsyn	68
82	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
83	Synapsen – ein Wissenschaftspodcast	NDR Info	Science	177	NDR Info	27
85	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
86	Cryptid Clues	Urban Myth, Monsters, True Crime, Found Footage, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Skunk Ape, Cryptids, Ufos, Ghosts, Demons, Dogman, Skin Walker, Dover Demon, Yeti, Mothman, Jersey Devil, Chupacabra, Lake monster, Possession, Gnomes, The Orbs, Ogopogo	Science	267	Spreaker	53
87	Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology On the Beat	Paul J. Wang, MD	Science	42	Libsyn	42
88	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
89	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	364	Blubrry	38
90	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
91	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	302	Libsyn	58
92	The Plasticology Project Podcast	Paul Harvey	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	52
93	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
94	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
95	Asimov Press	Asimov Press	Science	111	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Brainforest Café	SpectreVision Radio	Science	72	Megaphone	69
97	SilviCast	Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Science	71	Buzzsprout	73
98	Every Plant Has A Story	Jill Cloutier	Science	38	Libsyn	38
99	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
100	The Orbital Mechanics Podcast	David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just	Science & Medicine	300	Squarespace	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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