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 30 Aug 2025

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08/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. NHPR (2 shows)

3. ABC Australia (2 shows)

4. Vincent Racaniello (2 shows)

5. The Modern Grower Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spreaker (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (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	733	Libsyn	43
3	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
4	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
5	How Wild	NPR	Science	16	PRX	63
6	Strange Encounters with Rick Burgess	Blaze Podcast Network	Science	239	Megaphone	38
7	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
8	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
9	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
10	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
11	Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode	EWG	Science	72	Simplecast	73
12	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
13	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
14	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
15	Most Terrifying Places in America	Travel Channel	Science	67	Acast	53
16	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
17	Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths	Tyler and Charlie	Science	322	Spreaker	59
18	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
19	HOLOSKY PODCAST	Holosky Podcast	Science	581	RedCircle	53
20	Eons: Surviving Deep Time	PBS	Science	25	PRX	63
21	Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't	Tony Santore	Science	297	Spreaker	43
22	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
23	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
24	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	52
25	The Grave Talks \| Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural	Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories	Science	500	Audioboom	53
26	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
27	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	293	Spreaker	59
28	Night Science	Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher	Science	90	Buzzsprout	58
29	From The Shadows	Shane Grove	Science	639	Spreaker	69
30	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
31	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
32	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
33	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
34	Infectious Disease Puscast	Vincent Racaniello	Science	117	Libsyn	52
35	Strange Animals Podcast	Katherine Shaw	Science	300	Blubrry	48
36	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	447	Spreaker	54
37	Grazing Grass Podcast \| Rotational Grazing, Soil Health & Profitable Livestock Farming	Grazing Grass	Science	225	Transistor	53
38	Haunted America	Haunted America	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	43
39	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
40	Alien Encounters	Science Channel	Science	11	Acast	59
41	Inside NATURE on PBS	PBS Nature	Science & Medicine	14	Soundcloud	49
42	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	163	Unknown	64
44	The Native Plant Podcast	Native Plant Podcast	Natural Sciences	96	Libsyn	43
45	原来是这样 Dscience	原来是这样 Dscience	other	645	lizhi.fm	32
46	Hillbilly Horror Stories Paranormal Podcast	Jerry Paulley	Science	1000	Spreaker	38
47	Main Engine Cut Off	Anthony Colangelo	Science	341	Simplecast	63
48	Untold Radio Network	Untold Radio Network	Science	1000	Spreaker	54
49	Wild Turkey Science	Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby	Science	210	Libsyn	78
50	6 Ranch Podcast	James Nash	Science	338	Buzzsprout	52
51	Off-Nominal	Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo	Science	267	Simplecast	63
52	Paleo Nerds	paleonerds	Science	102	Podbean	42
53	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	174	Transistor	58
54	MonsterTalk	Blake Smith	Science	516	Spreaker	69
55	Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria	Cara Santa Maria	Science	624	Spreaker	43
56	The Acres U.S.A. Podcast	Acres U.S.A.®	Science	132	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	The Biology of Superheroes Podcast	Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton and Arien Darby	Science	21	Podbean	37
58	P.E.E.P. Podcast (People Experiencing Everyday Paranormal)	Nicolle Morock	Science	129	Spreaker	48
59	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
60	Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	639	Omny Studio	53
61	So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist	K. G. Muzia	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
62	Farm Small Farm Smart	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	603	Libsyn	48
63	Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast	Tad Hussey	Science	168	Simplecast	47
64	The Bigfoot Report	Paranormal World Productions	Science	377	Spreaker	64
65	Cryptid Creatures	Brian Brock/Todd Stevens	Science	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	The Genetics Podcast	Sano Genetics	Science	262	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Patient Zero	NHPR	Science	14	Megaphone	38
68	This Week in Evolution	Vincent Racaniello	Science	100	Libsyn	58
69	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
70	The Immunology Podcast	The Immunology Podcast	Science	178	Blubrry	48
71	Midwest Mythos	Midwest Mythos	Science	93	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	The Stem Cell Podcast	The Stem Cell Podcast	Science	363	Blubrry	38
73	Shark Week: The Podcast	Discovery	Science	70	Acast	73
74	The Humble Hoof	Alicia Harlov	Science	167	Captivate	32
75	Ask MIT Climate	MIT Climate Project	Science	85	Simplecast	73
76	Brain Matters	Brain Matters Neuroscience	Science	53	Libsyn	38
77	Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton	paul wheaton	Science & Medicine	100	Blubrry Podcasting	38
78	ExtinctZoo	ExtinctZoo	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	In Research Of	William Blake Smith	Science	121	Libsyn	68
80	This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast	Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media	Science	51	Libsyn	52
81	Farm Small Farm Smart Daily	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	2484	Libsyn	42
82	Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised	Endeavor Business Media	Science	62	Podbean	52
83	Food Safety Matters	Food Safety Magazine	Science	301	Libsyn	58
84	Inquiries of our Reality with Shayn Jones	Bizarre Reality Media	Science	483	Spreaker	94
85	Cincinnati Zoo Tales	cincinnatizoo	Science	100	Podbean	58
86	That Bigfoot Podcast	Paranormal World Productions Studio	Science	230	Spreaker	59
87	What The Duck?!	ABC Australia	Science	231	ABC Australia	38
88	Natural Resources University	Collaboration of land-grant universities	Science	635	Libsyn	72
89	Zoo Logic	Dr. Grey Stafford	Science	413	Libsyn	73
90	Weather Geeks	Weather Group Television	Science	444	ART19	68
91	Curiosity Unbounded	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Science	18	Blubrry	53
92	SunCast	Nico Johnson	Science	987	Captivate	89
93	Solar Disruption Theory	Freedom Forever	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	33
94	Talkin' Cotton Podcast	University of Georgia's Cotton Team	Science	67	Buzzsprout	57
95	ژرفا - Zharfa	Alireza Payandeh	Science	35	Acast	78
96	K9 Conservationists	Kayla Fratt	Science	257	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast	Doug Parsons	Science	263	Libsyn	47
98	Palaeocast	Palaeocast	Science	246	Libsyn	38
99	Planet NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Science	10	Unknown	38
100	Paranormal Deep Dive \| True Ghost Stories	Real Story Media	Science	380	Audioboom	32

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
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