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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 18, 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

Could AI Really Kill Us All?

Science Vs · 44 min

#2

Why Conversations Go Wrong

Hidden Brain · 1 h 38 min

#3

The latest on AI panic — and whether it's justified

Short Wave · 14 min

#4

Cosmic Queries – The Fractal Universe with Charles Liu

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · 58 min

#5

The Real History of Africa 🌍👑 | Great Civilizations, Powerful Kingdoms & Forgotten Stories | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 20 min

#6

Extreme Meteorology (EL NIÑO) with Marshall Shepherd

Ologies with Alie Ward · 1 h 03 min

#7

#493 — Two Reasons to Meditate

Making Sense with Sam Harris · 12 min

#8

What is lymphatic drainage, anyway?

Science Friday · 18 min

#9

Did we just discover dark matter?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe · 52 min

#10

Hot flashes, hormone therapy, and the science of perimenopause

Science Friday · 18 min

#11

Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?

The Joy of Why · 47 min

#12

23 Weeks 6 Days

Radiolab · 1 h 03 min

New in Science

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

#49 newThe Human ExperimentThe Human Experiment

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

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

▲ 1 4

Science of Perception Box

Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People

▼ 1 5

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

— 6

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

— 7

Big Ideas Lab

Mission.org

— 8

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

— 9

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

Corinna Bellizzi

▲ 1 10

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

▲ 3 11

Unexplainable

Vox

▲ 3 12

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

▲ 3 13

Short Wave

NPR

▼ 4 14

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

▼ 2 15

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

▼ 4 16

Blurry Creatures

Blurry Creatures

— 17

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

▲ 1 18

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

▲ 3 19

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

▲ 3 20

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

▼ 3 21

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

▼ 2 22

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2 23

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

▲ 7 24

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

▲ 2 25

Particles of Thought

GBH

▼ 2 26

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

▼ 1 27

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

— 28

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

Sean Carroll

▼ 4 29

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

AsapSCIENCE

▼ 1 30

Science Quickly

Scientific American

▲ 2 31

NOVA Remix

GBH

— 32

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 2 33

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 4 34

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

▲ 14 35

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

▲ 4 36

Huge If True Podcast

cleoabram931

▲ 2 37

Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing

Merraki Media LLC

▼ 4 38

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

▼ 3 39

Beastly History

Wild Beast

▼ 2 40

When autistic kids grow up

The Transmitter

▲ 6 41

ScienceSphere

Stephania Mills

▼ 5 42

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

▼ 2 43

Natural Causes

Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 44

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

▲ 5 45

Weather Geeks

Weather Group Television

▼ 4 46

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh

Atmos

▼ 2 47

Outside/In

NHPR

▲ 3 48

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

▼ 3 49

The Human Experiment

Ethan Reed

▼ 2 50

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

▲ 1

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