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 23 Aug 2025

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08/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:59

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. Holosky Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Spreaker (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	493	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
5	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
6	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
7	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
8	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
9	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
11	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
12	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
13	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	574	RedCircle	53
14	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
15	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
16	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	295	Spreaker	43
17	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
18	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
19	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
20	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	631	Megaphone	58
21	P.E.E.P. Podcast (People Experiencing Everyday Paranormal)	Nicolle Morock	Science	125	Spreaker	48
22	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	278	Spreaker	59
23	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	582	ART19	62
24	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
25	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
26	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
27	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
28	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
29	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
30	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
31	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
32	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
33	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
34	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
35	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
36	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
37	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	260	Libsyn	47
38	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	63	Libsyn	48
39	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	13	Megaphone	48
40	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	114	Libsyn	52
41	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
42	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
43	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2450	Libsyn	42
44	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
45	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	511	Spreaker	69
46	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
47	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	619	Spreaker	43
48	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
49	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
50	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	340	Simplecast	63
51	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	167	Simplecast	47
52	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
53	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
54	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	164	Captivate	32
55	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	442	ART19	68
56	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
57	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	205	Libsyn	78
58	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	175	Blubrry	48
59	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	53
60	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	262	Simplecast	63
61	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	593	Libsyn	48
62	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	257	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
65	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
66	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	New Species	New Species Podcast	Science	121	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	89	Buzzsprout	58
69	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
70	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	YourForest	Matthew Kristoff	Science	168	Squarespace	49
72	Spooky Science Sisters	Evergreen Podcasts \| Killer Podcasts	Science	113	Megaphone	63
73	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	361	Blubrry	38
74	The Animal Heartbeat	Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos	Science	48	Buzzsprout	58
75	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	161	Unknown	64
76	Bizarre Encounters with Shayn & Orin	Bizarre Reality Media	Science	191	Spreaker	64
78	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
79	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	101	Podbean	42
80	Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II	RNZ	Science	67	Acast	62
81	Talkin' Cotton Podcast	University of Georgia's Cotton Team	Science	63	Buzzsprout	62
82	Açık Bilim Podcast	Podfresh: Tevfik Uyar - Açık Bilim	Science	412	Megaphone	43
83	Tom Nelson	Thomas Nelson	Science	430	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
85	Remediation Deep Dive - PFAS Environmental Science in 7 Minutes or Less	Regenesis Bioremediation, Inc.	Science	9	Podbean	42
86	Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast	Food Safety Specialists: Matthew Regusci and Francine L Shaw	Science	185	Transistor	68
87	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	333	Buzzsprout	52
88	The Mite Bomb Beekeeping Podcast	Bruce Rodriguez	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Bird’s Eye View	Mathew G. Radford	Science	213	Buzzsprout	43
90	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	641	lizhi.fm	32
91	Paranormal Deep Dive \| True Ghost Stories	Real Story Media	Science	380	Audioboom	32
92	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	226	ABC Australia	38
93	Banana O'Clock	Anu and Steve	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	科学史评话最新专辑	科学史评话	Science & Medicine	625	Ximalaya	49
95	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	71	Simplecast	73
96	Inquiries of our Reality with Shayn Jones	Shayn Jones	Science	472	RedCircle	73
97	عصر حجر	NewshaCast	Science	15	Spreaker	49
98	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
99	Walkabout the Galaxy	Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney	Science	374	Libsyn	38
100	Astounding Universe	Jim Metzner & Bob Berman	Science	143	Acast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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