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 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

3. Brady Haran (1 shows)

4. Big Bang Productions Inc. (1 shows)

5. PBS (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spreaker (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	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	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
6	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	417	Megaphone	48
7	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
8	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
9	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
10	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
11	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
12	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
13	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
14	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	295	Spreaker	59
15	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
16	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
17	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
18	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
19	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
20	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
21	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	583	RedCircle	53
22	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
23	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
24	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
25	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
26	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	268	Simplecast	63
27	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	445	ART19	68
28	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
29	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	339	Buzzsprout	52
30	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	118	Libsyn	52
31	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
32	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	517	Spreaker	69
33	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
34	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	342	Simplecast	63
36	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
37	AVEAM — Kent Hovind Official YouTube Podcast	unknown_author	Natural Sciences	9	Unknown	21
38	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	174	Transistor	58
39	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
41	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
42	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
43	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
44	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
45	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	263	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
47	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
48	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
49	Good Fire Podcast	Indigenous Leadership Initiative	Science	34	Squarespace	52
50	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	133	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
52	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	211	Libsyn	78
53	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	605	Libsyn	48
54	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	636	Libsyn	72
55	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	625	Spreaker	43
56	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
57	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	169	Simplecast	47
58	UMN Extension Nutrient Management Podcast	University of Minnesota Extension	Science	127	Transistor	47
59	Viced Rhino: The Podcast	Viced Rhino	Science	432	Spreaker	48
60	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
61	Sea to Trees	National Park Service	Science	17	Unknown	58
62	Consciousness and the Brain	Bernard Baars, PhD \| Nautilus Press Publishing Group	Science	28	Podbean	72
63	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	263	Libsyn	47
64	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
65	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
66	The Geothermal Energy Podcast	Frank Lapinski	Science	10	Substack	48
67	Bigfoot’s Wilderness Podcast	Bigfoot's Wilderness Podcast	Science	141	Spreaker	43
68	Soil Health Labs	Soil Health Labs	Science	94	Simplecast	59
69	The Gestalt Gardener	MPB Think Radio	Science	460	Acast	54
70	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	377	Libsyn	38
71	Cryptid Campfire	Cryptid Campfire	Science	232	Libsyn	43
72	老高与小茉 \| 最全专辑 \| 修音去尾完美版	Mr大狼	Science	373	Ximalaya	43
73	Mendelspod Podcast	Theral Timpson	Science & Medicine	577	Substack	38
74	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	989	Captivate	89
75	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	364	Blubrry	38
76	Evolution Talk	Rick Coste	Science	167	Libsyn	43
77	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	309	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	Mermaids Mystery	Mekhana Anilkumar	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	43
79	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	19	Blubrry	38
80	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
81	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
82	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
83	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
84	科学史评话最新专辑	科学史评话	Science & Medicine	628	Ximalaya	49
85	Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast	Research Insights	Science	393	Libsyn	27
86	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
87	天方烨谈	基因频道	Science & Medicine	2000	Ximalaya	43
88	Papers to Podcasts	Bradley Cohen	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
89	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
90	Real Science Radio	Bob Enyart	Science & Medicine	10	Feedburner	64
91	Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast	Jill Cloutier	Science	169	Libsyn	27
92	terrestrial	KUOW News and Information	Science	17	Unknown	43
93	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
95	Solar Maverick Podcast	Benoy Thanjan	Science & Medicine	231	Podbean	52
96	Inflow: Aquatic Animal Life Support Systems and Habitats	Joe and Dr. Jeff	Science	52	Libsyn	62
97	Facet Nation: A Gemmology Podcast	Facet Nation	Science	43	Buzzsprout	62
98	과장창 : 모두에게 과학이 필요한 시간 Details temporarily unavailable	팟빵	Natural Sciences	495	N/A	N/A
99	CARTA - Anthropogeny (Video)	UCTV	Science & Medicine	693	Unknown	33
100	Blooms and Beyond	Ping Yu	Science	26	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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