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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 21, 2026

Best Science Podcasts

The top 100 Science shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

Trending Science episodes

The episodes everyone is playing today. Tap to listen.

#1

Do You Have Trouble Sleeping?

Hidden Brain · 1 h 30 min

#2

#499 — The Birth of AGI

Making Sense with Sam Harris · 20 min

#3

Ep 225 Peptides: What your peptide dealer doesn’t want you to know

This Podcast Will Kill You · 1 h 04 min

#4

In Theory with Janna Levin

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 40 min

#5

What are the odds we're not alone in the universe?

Short Wave · 14 min

#6

The Smell of Hell

Radiolab · 43 min

#7

Getting the billion-dollar PRIMA space telescope off the ground

Science Friday · 15 min

#8

Why Am I Unhappy?

Hidden Brain · 1 h 33 min

#9

Who is Making War on the West? Anthony Rubin on DarkHorse

DarkHorse Podcast · 1 h 30 min

#10

The Tragic History of Witches and Their Furry Friends

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks · 1 h 24 min

#11

Orcinology (KILLER WHALES) with Jorge Vélez-Juarbe

Ologies with Alie Ward · 1 h 35 min

#12

Fiber Maxxing and Poo Maxxing, with Dr. Trisha Pasricha

Science Vs · 59 min

New in Science

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

— 2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

— 3

Science of Perception Box

Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People

— 4

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

— 5

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

— 6

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

— 7

Big Ideas Lab

Mission.org

— 8

Short Wave

NPR

— 9

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

The Roost Podcast Network

— 10

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

— 11

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

▲ 1 12

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

▼ 1 13

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

▲ 4 14

Huge If True Podcast

cleoabram931

▼ 1 15

Unexplainable

Vox

▼ 1 16

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

— 17

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 6 18

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

▼ 3 19

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

— 20

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

▼ 2 21

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

▼ 1 22

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

▼ 1 23

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

▼ 1 24

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Sean Carroll

▲ 1 25

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

▼ 1 26

The House of Pod

Kaveh MD

— 27

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

▲ 7 28

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

▲ 5 29

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

— 30

Atomic Adventures

Jess Sharpe

— 31

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

▲ 1 32

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

▼ 1 33

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

▼ 6 34

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

▲ 1 35

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

▼ 7 36

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3 37

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh

Atmos

▲ 23 38

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 39

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

▲ 4 40

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

▲ 11 41

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

▼ 5 42

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

▼ 1 43

When autistic kids grow up

The Transmitter

▼ 5 44

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

▲ 6 45

Science Quickly

Scientific American

▲ 8 46

Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6

A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative

▼ 1 47

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

▼ 5 48

Robinson's Podcast

Robinson Erhardt

▲ 6 49

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

▲ 6 50

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

▲ 2

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