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 Dec 2025

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12/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. unknown_author (2 shows)

4. WNYC Studios (1 shows)

5. SETI Institute (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (21 shows)

2. Spreaker (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Unknown (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
2	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
5	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	408	Megaphone	48
7	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
8	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
9	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
10	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
12	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
13	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
14	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	277	Spreaker	59
15	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	582	ART19	62
16	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	573	RedCircle	53
17	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
18	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	294	Spreaker	43
19	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
20	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
21	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
22	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
23	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
24	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
25	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
26	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	114	Libsyn	52
27	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
28	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	71	Simplecast	73
29	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
30	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
31	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
32	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
33	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
34	Mendelspod Podcast	Theral Timpson	Science & Medicine	567	Substack	38
35	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	511	Spreaker	69
37	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
38	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	33
39	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
40	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
41	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
42	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	592	Libsyn	48
43	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
44	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
45	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
46	SETI Live	SETI Institute	Science	155	Libsyn	58
47	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
48	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	619	Spreaker	43
49	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	260	Libsyn	47
50	The Naked Mole Rat	libo/libo	Science	11	Transistor	84
51	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
52	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	63	Libsyn	48
53	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Dr. Bruce Damer's Levity Zone	Dr. Bruce Damer	Science	75	Unknown	58
55	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
56	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	175	Blubrry	48
57	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	160	Unknown	64
58	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
59	The Field Guides	The Field Guides	Science & Medicine	103	Squarespace	49
60	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	976	Captivate	89
61	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	83	Simplecast	73
62	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	261	Simplecast	63
63	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
64	Cannabis Science Podcast	Dr. Ricardo Rivera	Science	57	Spreaker	59
65	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	205	Libsyn	78
67	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
68	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
69	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	361	Blubrry	38
70	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
71	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
72	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
73	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
74	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	640	lizhi.fm	32
75	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
76	Tom Nelson	Thomas Nelson	Science	430	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	95	Buzzsprout	43
78	Animals	unknown_author	Science & Medicine	34	Unknown	43
79	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
81	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
82	Science with a Twist	Thermo Fisher	Science	42	Simplecast	73
83	Time and Tide	New Hampshire Sea Grant	Science	20	Transistor	68
84	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
85	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2448	Libsyn	42
86	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
87	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	426	Spreaker	48
88	The Ongoing	JD	Science	15	RSS.com	42
89	Bred to Perfection Details temporarily unavailable	Kenny Troiano	Science	316	Libsyn	43
90	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	619	Libsyn	72
91	پادکست علمی اسکرید \| Screed	mojir screed	Science	26	Acast	63
92	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	256	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Remediation Deep Dive - PFAS Environmental Science in 7 Minutes or Less	Regenesis Bioremediation, Inc.	Science	9	Podbean	42
94	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	265	Spreaker	53
95	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
96	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
97	Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast	Research Insights	Science	386	Libsyn	32
98	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
99	Bizarre Encounters with Shayn & Orin	Bizarre Reality Media	Science	187	Spreaker	64
100	Universo paralelo	Universo Paralelo	Science	242	Libsyn	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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