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 20 Aug 2025

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08/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 323

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:49:10

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Bizarre Reality Media (2 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. ABC Australia (2 shows)

5. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spreaker (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (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	733	Libsyn	43
3	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
4	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
5	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
6	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
7	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
8	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
9	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
10	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
11	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
12	P.E.E.P. Podcast (People Experiencing Everyday Paranormal)	Nicolle Morock	Science	131	Spreaker	48
13	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	644	Megaphone	58
14	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
15	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
16	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
17	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
18	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
19	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	305	Spotify for Podcasters	52
20	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	586	ART19	62
21	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
22	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
23	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
25	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	174	Transistor	58
26	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
27	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
28	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
29	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	452	Spreaker	54
30	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
31	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
32	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
33	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
34	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	343	Simplecast	63
35	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	517	Spreaker	69
36	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
37	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	297	Spreaker	59
38	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	263	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
40	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
41	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	211	Libsyn	78
42	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
43	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
44	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	263	Libsyn	47
45	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
46	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	625	Spreaker	43
47	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
48	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
49	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
50	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
51	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	605	Libsyn	48
52	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
53	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	133	Spotify for Podcasters	32
54	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	310	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	The Biology of Superheroes Podcast	Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton and Arien Darby	Science	21	Podbean	37
56	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
57	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
58	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
60	Remediation Deep Dive - PFAS Environmental Science in 7 Minutes or Less	Regenesis Bioremediation, Inc.	Science	9	Podbean	42
61	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
62	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	103	Podbean	42
63	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
64	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
65	Tom Nelson	Thomas Nelson	Science	443	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
67	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
68	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
69	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
70	Bizarre Encounters with Shayn & Orin	Bizarre Reality Media	Science	196	Spreaker	64
71	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	167	Captivate	32
72	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
73	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
74	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Climate Connections	Yale Center for Environmental Communication	Science	100	Libsyn	53
76	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
77	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
78	Nature Sounds	ABC	Science	22	ABC Australia	62
79	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
80	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
81	佐々木亮の宇宙ばなし	佐々木亮	Science	2000	Spotify for Podcasters	53
82	The Clean Water Pod	NEIWPCC	Science	21	Podbean	68
83	Inquiries of our Reality with Shayn Jones	Bizarre Reality Media	Science	487	Spreaker	94
84	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	377	Libsyn	38
85	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
86	Two Scientists Walk into a Watershed	2SciGorls	Natural Sciences	2	N/A	N/A
87	Every Plant Has A Story	Jill Cloutier	Science	38	Libsyn	38
88	SilviCast	Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Science	71	Buzzsprout	73
89	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	85	Simplecast	73
90	New Books in Environmental Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
91	The Guide Post	American Saltwater Guides Association	Science	234	CoHost	58
92	Obscure Appalachia	Candis Casper	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Spooky Science Sisters	Meagan Ankney \| Paige Miller	Science	114	Buzzsprout	69
94	Fins, Fur, and Feathers	Joe Gerken and Drew Ricketts	Science	78	Libsyn	48
95	Good Fire Podcast	Indigenous Leadership Initiative	Science	34	Squarespace	52
96	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	637	Libsyn	72
97	Whale Tales Podcast	Whale Tales	Science	108	Blubrry	32
98	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	233	ABC Australia	38
99	Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	67	Acast	62
100	Gamebird University	Mississippi State University Extension Service	Science	20	Libsyn	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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