Best Science Podcasts
Updated: July 31, 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
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media
- 2
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
- 3
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
- 4
StarTalk Radio
Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 5
Radiolab
WNYC Studios
- 6
Health Optimization Medicine Podcast
Health Optimization Medicine and Practice
- 7
Big Ideas Lab
Mission.org
- 8
Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios
- 9
Science Vs
Spotify Studios
- 10
Boring History for Sleep
Velvet
- 11
Are We Doomed?
NPR Network
- 12
Short Wave
NPR
- 13
Unexplainable
Vox
- 14
Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters
- 15
Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media
- 16
Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life
Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor
- 17
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
- 18
Blurry Creatures
Blurry Creatures
- 19
DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
- 20
This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
- 21
Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media
- 22
The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger
- 23
Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
AsapSCIENCE
- 24
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll
- 25
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts
- 26
Bigfoot Society
Jeremiah Byron
- 27
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris
- 28
The Best of Coast to Coast AM
iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM
- 29
Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives
- 30
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts
- 32
Science Magazine Podcast
Science Magazine
- 34
Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Dr. Mindy Pelz
- 35
Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor
- 36
The Quanta Podcast
Quanta Magazine
- 37
Outside/In
NHPR
- 38
The Joy of Why
Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine
- 39
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David Puder, M.D.
- 40
That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast
- 41
Osterholm Update
CIDRAP
- 42
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
- 43
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science
- 45
Paranormal Mysteries
Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast
- 46
The Michael Shermer Show
Michael Shermer
- 47
Just the Zoo of Us
Ellen & Christian Weatherford
- 48
UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast
Gamut Podcast Network
- 49
Emonthebrain
Emily McDonald
- 50
The Science of Happiness
PRX and Greater Good Science Center
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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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