Best Science Podcasts
Updated: July 15, 2026
Top science podcasts exploring the natural world. Astronomy, physics, biology, earth sciences, and the latest research made accessible.
Top Science Podcasts — Updated Daily for 2026
Discover the 50 most popular science podcasts based on daily Apple Podcasts chart rankings. This list is curated by CastFox using real listening data — not editorial picks — so you always see what audiences are actually tuning into. From breakout new shows to established favorites, these are the science podcasts dominating the charts right now. Click any podcast to explore its full analytics profile with global rankings, listener estimates, Apple Podcasts reviews, and more.
Top 50 Podcasts
50 shows- 1
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
- 2
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media
- 3
Radiolab
WNYC Studios
- 4
StarTalk Radio
Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 5
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
- 6
Are We Doomed?
NPR Network
- 7
Big Ideas Lab
Mission.org
- 8
Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life
Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor
- 9
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
- 10
Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios
- 11
Blurry Creatures
Blurry Creatures
- 12
Boring History for Sleep
Velvet
- 13
Unexplainable
Vox
- 14
Short Wave
NPR
- 15
Health Optimization Medicine Podcast
Health Optimization Medicine and Practice
- 16
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris
- 17
Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters
- 18
Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media
- 19
Tomorrow's Cure
Mayo Clinic
- 20
Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media
- 21
Science Vs
Spotify Studios
- 22
This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
- 23
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll
- 24
The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger
- 25
Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
AsapSCIENCE
- 26
DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
- 27
Bigfoot Society
Jeremiah Byron
- 28
Songbirding
Rob Porter
- 29
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts
- 30
Emonthebrain
Emily McDonald
- 31
The Best of Coast to Coast AM
iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM
- 32
Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Dr. Mindy Pelz
- 34
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts
- 35
That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast
- 36
Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives
- 37
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella
- 38
BirdNote Daily
BirdNote
- 39
The Joy of Why
Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine
- 41
Outside/In
NHPR
- 42
The Micah Hanks Program
Micah Hanks
- 43
The Quanta Podcast
Quanta Magazine
- 44
Speaking of Psychology
American Psychological Association
- 45
Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor
- 46
Skeptoid
Brian Dunning
- 47
WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp
Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp
- 48
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science
- 49
The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW News and Information
- 50
Therapist Uncensored Podcast
Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD
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How CastFox Ranks Podcasts
CastFox ranks podcasts using real chart data collected daily from Apple Podcasts. Unlike editorial picks or listener polls, our rankings are based on actual chart performance — giving you an objective view of what people are listening to right now.
We track chart positions across every genre and over 100 countries. Each podcast on this page is ranked by its position on the Apple Podcasts charts, deduplicated and sorted to show the most popular shows first. Rankings refresh every 24 hours so you always see the latest trends.
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