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 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:20

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. ABC Australia (2 shows)

3. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

5. NHPR (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Spreaker (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Audioboom (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
4	Huge If True Podcast	cleoabram931	Science	79	Podbean	42
5	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
6	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
7	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
8	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
9	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
11	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
12	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	577	RedCircle	53
13	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
15	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
16	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
17	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
18	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	335	Buzzsprout	52
19	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	583	ART19	62
20	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
21	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	296	Spotify for Podcasters	52
22	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
23	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	296	Spreaker	43
24	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	634	Megaphone	58
25	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	513	Spreaker	69
26	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	207	Libsyn	78
27	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	621	Spreaker	43
28	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
29	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
30	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
31	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
32	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
33	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
35	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	264	Simplecast	63
36	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	64	Squarespace	48
37	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
38	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
39	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	341	Simplecast	63
40	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
41	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	33
43	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
44	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	444	ART19	68
46	Dinosaur Stories	Dinosaur Podcast	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	116	Libsyn	52
48	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	104	Squarespace	49
49	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
50	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
51	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
52	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
53	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
54	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	375	Libsyn	38
55	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	176	Blubrry	48
56	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
57	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	165	Captivate	32
58	The BUMP Podcast	Bo Kennedy	Science	376	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
60	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	597	Libsyn	48
61	Flooba	Sounds for ADHD + ASD to Support Focus Regulation + Sleep	Science	110	Buzzsprout	73
62	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
63	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	188	Transistor	68
64	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
65	Midnight in the Mountains Details temporarily unavailable	Midnight in the Mountains	Science	26	Audioboom	52
66	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	622	Libsyn	72
67	Working Wild U	Western Landowners Alliance and Montana State University Extension	Science	38	Libsyn	58
68	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	229	ABC Australia	38
69	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
70	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	259	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Paranormal Deep Dive \| True Ghost Stories	Real Story Media	Science	380	Audioboom	32
72	Juan on Juan	Juan on Juan Media, LLC.	Science	237	Spreaker	70
73	The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI	Alexander Schacht and Benjamin Piske, biometricians, statisticians and leaders in the pharma industry	Science	481	Podigee	48
74	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
75	Bred to Perfection	Kenny Troiano	Science	323	Libsyn	38
76	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	300	Libsyn	58
77	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	981	Captivate	89
78	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
79	Laura Erickson's For the Birds	Laura Erickson	Science & Medicine	250	Unknown	43
80	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2465	Libsyn	42
81	Ask Us Anything by Popular Science	Popular Science	Science	65	Megaphone	68
82	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
83	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
84	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	457	Acast	54
85	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
86	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
87	The Wild Line	Wild Idea Media	Science	66	Transistor	48
88	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	429	Spreaker	48
89	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
90	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	643	lizhi.fm	32
91	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	102	Podbean	42
92	Cheap Astronomy Podcasts	Steve Nerlich	Science & Medicine	426	Unknown	38
93	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
94	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
95	Permaculture P.I.M.P.cast	Permaculture P.I.M.P.cast	Science	500	Audioboom	37
96	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
97	Obscure Appalachia	Candis Casper	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	AquaDiary: Water Mysteries, Science & News	Ally Berry	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
99	The Guide Post	American Saltwater Guides Association	Science	231	CoHost	58
100	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63

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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