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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 20, 2026

Best Science Podcasts

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

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#1

Do You Have Trouble Sleeping?

Hidden Brain · 1 h 30 min

#2

The Smell of Hell

Radiolab · 43 min

#3

What the world's leading researchers think about saunas

Short Wave · 13 min

#4

An Alzheimer's breakthrough?

Unexplainable · 28 min

#5

The Tragic History of Witches and Their Furry Friends

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

#6

Why Am I Unhappy?

Hidden Brain · 1 h 33 min

#7

Orcinology (KILLER WHALES) with Jorge Vélez-Juarbe

Ologies with Alie Ward · 1 h 35 min

#8

371 | Kyle Harper on How Humans Have Shaped Life on Earth

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 1 h 25 min

#9

Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine

The Rest Is Science · 1 h 07 min

#10

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool

Science Friday · 12 min

#11

Fiber Maxxing and Poo Maxxing, with Dr. Trisha Pasricha

Science Vs · 59 min

#12

The Science of Lookmaxxing with Dr. Noc

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 58 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

▲ 1 3

Science of Perception Box

Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People

▲ 1 4

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

▼ 2 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

▲ 4 9

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

The Roost Podcast Network

▲ 5 10

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

▼ 2 11

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

▼ 2 12

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

▼ 2 13

Huge If True Podcast

cleoabram931

— 14

Unexplainable

Vox

▲ 4 15

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

▼ 4 16

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

▲ 1 17

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

▲ 2 18

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

▲ 5 19

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

▼ 3 20

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

Corinna Bellizzi

▲ 2 21

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

— 22

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

▼ 2 23

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 8 24

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

▲ 7 25

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

Sean Carroll

▲ 2 26

The House of Pod

Kaveh MD

▼ 1 27

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

▼ 3 28

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

— 29

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

▼ 3 30

Atomic Adventures

Jess Sharpe

— 31

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

▲ 13 32

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

▼ 3 33

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

▲ 7 34

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

— 35

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

▼ 3 36

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

▲ 2 37

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2 38

When autistic kids grow up

The Transmitter

▲ 1 39

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2 40

Biotech Hangout

Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more

▲ 11 41

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

▲ 21 42

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

— 43

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

▼ 10 44

From Our Neurons to Yours

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler

▲ 14 45

Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6

A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative

▲ 1 46

Babbage from The Economist

The Economist

▼ 5 47

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

▲ 9 48

Outside/In

NHPR

▼ 5 49

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

▲ 24 50

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

▲ 7

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