Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 1, 2026

Best Science Podcasts

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

Trending Science episodes

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#1

Silification Geology (OPALS) with Patrice Rey

Ologies with Alie Ward · 1 h 12 min

#2

How to Make a Difference: Part 2

Hidden Brain · 49 min

#3

Quantum Anomalies with Lara Anderson

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 54 min

#4

Examining a new lunar crater + searching for signs of alien technology

Science Friday · 18 min

#5

How much of Earth's life is still undiscovered?

Short Wave · 13 min

#6

The Raw, Unprocessed Truth: The 345th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

DarkHorse Podcast · 1 h 44 min

#7

EP: 469 Rat Temples, Mormon Gods, and a Death Cult on the Ganges with Jeremy Jenkins

Blurry Creatures · 1 h 40 min

#8

Grass Apes

Radiolab · 22 min

#9

Ep 223 ALS: Unraveling the mystery

This Podcast Will Kill You · 1 h 20 min

#10

Hacking The Kendama With Physics

The Rest Is Science · 40 min

#11

The Swiss Bank — Secrets Behind the World’s Most Famous Banks 🏦🇨🇭 | Complete Documentary | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 4 h 33 min

#12

How to Make a Difference: Part 1

Hidden Brain · 48 min

New in Science

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

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

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2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

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3

Science of Perception Box

Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People

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4

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

▲ 1
5

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

▼ 1
6

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

▲ 1
7

Big Ideas Lab

Mission.org

▼ 1
8

Short Wave

NPR

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9

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

Corinna Bellizzi

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10

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

▲ 1
11

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

▼ 1
12

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

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13

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

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14

Blurry Creatures

Blurry Creatures

▲ 2
15

Unexplainable

Vox

▼ 1
16

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4
17

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

▼ 2
18

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

▼ 1
19

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

▼ 1
20

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

▲ 1
21

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

▲ 1
22

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

▼ 3
23

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

Sean Carroll

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24

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

AsapSCIENCE

▲ 3
25

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

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26

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

▼ 2
27

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

▼ 1
28

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

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29

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

▲ 6
30

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

▼ 1
31

When autistic kids grow up

The Transmitter

▲ 1
32

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

▲ 5
33

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

▼ 2
34

Natural Causes

Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

▼ 4
35

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

▲ 1
36

Huge If True Podcast

cleoabram931

▲ 3
37

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4
38

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

▼ 5
39

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

▲ 4
40

BirdNote Daily

BirdNote

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41

Outside/In

NHPR

▲ 6
42

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

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43

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

▼ 5
44

ScienceSphere

Stephania Mills

▲ 13
45

Albertans In Space Podcast

Albertans In Space Podcast

▲ 9
46

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

▲ 3
47

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

▼ 13
48

The Human Experiment

Ethan Reed

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49

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

▲ 1
50

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

▼ 6

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