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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 31, 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

The Buried Bodies Case

Radiolab · 49 min

#2

Mothman Mythology (YES, MOTHMAN) with Jeff Wamsley

Ologies with Alie Ward · 1 h 23 min

#3

The Game Theory of AI with Aza Raskin

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 1 h 20 min

#4

#500 — The Playing Animal

Making Sense with Sam Harris · 27 min

#5

The Story of Stories

Hidden Brain · 1 h 30 min

#6

When, and where, did bats first take to the sky?

Science Friday · 12 min

#7

Sitting: As Bad As Smoking?!

Science Vs · 32 min

#8

Is your favorite crime show rooted in fake science?

Short Wave · 14 min

#9

The Faceless Guest

Expanded Perspectives · 1 h 03 min

#10

[Space Bites+] Vera Rubin Finally Delivers Its First Big Discovery

Universe Today Podcast · 28 min

#11

Super Special Spooky Halloween Special

Mysterious Universe · 1 h 06 min

#12

The Galvin Family 🏠🕯️ | The Hidden Story of Six Brothers and a Family Changed Forever | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 4 h 04 min

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Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

— 2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

— 3

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

▲ 1 4

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

▲ 1 5

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

▼ 2 6

Big Ideas Lab

Mission.org

— 7

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

▲ 1 8

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

▲ 1 9

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

The Roost Podcast Network

▼ 2 10

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

— 11

Short Wave

NPR

— 12

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

— 13

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

— 14

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

— 15

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

▲ 7 16

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

▲ 3 17

Unexplainable

Vox

— 18

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

▼ 2 19

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

▲ 1 20

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

Corinna Bellizzi

▲ 1 21

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3 22

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

▲ 1 23

Huge If True Podcast

cleoabram931

▼ 8 24

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

Sean Carroll

— 25

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

— 26

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

▲ 3 27

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

▲ 7 28

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

— 29

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

▲ 1 30

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

▼ 3 31

Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6

A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative

— 32

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

— 33

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

▼ 7 34

Outside/In

NHPR

▲ 5 35

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

▲ 2 36

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

▼ 1 37

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3 38

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

▼ 5 39

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

▲ 7 40

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine

▲ 15 41

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

▲ 2 42

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

▲ 7 43

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

▼ 5 44

Science Quickly

Scientific American

▲ 8 45

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

▼ 1 46

Pursuit of the Paranormal

Ash and Greg

NEW 47

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

▼ 6 48

Particles of Thought

GBH

▼ 12 49

BirdNote Daily

BirdNote

▲ 4 50

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

▼ 5

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