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 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 325

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:48:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Sounds for ADHD + ASD - for Focus Calm Sleep + Anxiety (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (20 shows)

2. Spreaker (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	678	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	734	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	418	Megaphone	48
6	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
7	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
8	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	393	Podbean	41
9	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	647	Libsyn	58
10	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
11	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
12	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
13	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	584	RedCircle	53
14	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
15	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
16	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
17	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	587	ART19	62
18	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	457	Spreaker	54
19	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
21	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
22	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	289	Libsyn	48
23	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
24	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
25	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	145	Libsyn	78
26	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	212	Libsyn	78
27	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
28	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	310	Spotify for Podcasters	33
30	Science Stuff To Blow Your Mind	Podgo	Science	35	Libsyn	32
31	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
32	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	518	Spreaker	69
33	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
34	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	19	Blubrry	38
35	The BUMP Podcast	Bo Kennedy	Science	376	Spotify for Podcasters	42
36	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	991	Captivate	89
37	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	606	Libsyn	48
38	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	179	Blubrry	48
39	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
40	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	73	Simplecast	73
41	ZSL Wild Science Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Zoological Society of London	Science	52	Libsyn	48
42	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
43	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
44	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
45	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	626	Spreaker	43
46	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
47	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
48	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	234	ABC Australia	38
49	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
50	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	167	Captivate	32
51	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	306	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
53	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
55	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	164	Unknown	64
56	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	103	Podbean	42
57	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
58	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
59	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
60	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	343	Simplecast	63
61	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	134	Spotify for Podcasters	32
62	Mushroom Revival Podcast	Alex Dorr	Science	227	Buzzsprout	42
63	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
64	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	646	lizhi.fm	32
65	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
66	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
67	FQxI Podcast	The Foundational Questions Institute	Science & Medicine	114	Libsyn	38
68	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	642	Libsyn	72
69	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	264	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	Green Frequency \| Environmental Science & Earth Radio	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	16	Acast	73
71	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	172	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	The Vet Tech Cafe's Podcast	Vet Tech Cafe	Science	100	Podbean	37
73	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
74	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	175	Transistor	58
75	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	302	Libsyn	58
76	Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	50	Acast	78
77	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
78	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
79	Flooba	Sounds for ADHD + ASD - for Focus Calm Sleep + Anxiety	Science	111	Buzzsprout	73
80	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	462	Acast	54
81	The Mite Bomb Beekeeping Podcast	Bruce Rodriguez	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Applied Mycology	Applied Mycology	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	The Beljanski Cancer Talk Show	The Beljanski Foundation	Science	68	Buzzsprout	53
84	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	434	Spreaker	48
85	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2501	Libsyn	42
86	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
87	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
88	Plastic Plesiosaur Podcast	Miles Greb	Science	58	Buzzsprout	47
89	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
90	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	264	Libsyn	47
91	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	122	Libsyn	68
92	Thirst Gap: Learning to Live with Less on the Colorado River	KUNC	Science	7	Transistor	53
93	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
94	Apes Among Us	NAWAC	Science	20	Podbean	48
95	Time and Tide	New Hampshire Sea Grant	Science	22	Transistor	68
96	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
97	NOVA Now	GBH	Science	22	PRX	94
98	Permaculture P.I.M.P.cast	Permaculture P.I.M.P.cast	Science	500	Audioboom	37
99	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	67	Megaphone	68
100	The Natural Fertlizer Podcast	Abe Sandquist	Science	3	Unknown	73

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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