The Quanta Podcast
Activescience

The Quanta Podcast

by Quanta Magazine

Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 250,001+
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: science

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: Irregular
300+ episodes since 2015

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

physics
4
mathematics
4
science
3
technology
3
creativity
2
ai
2

Brands & references

Quanta Magazine12
The Quanta Podcast7
Alchemical String Theory2
The Cells That Breathe Two Ways1
IBM1
AST1
Improvisational Underground1
New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder1
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High Confidence

Est. Listeners

250,001+

Based on iTunes & Spotify (publisher stats).

  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    25,001 - 50,000
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    75,001 - 150,000
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    15,001 - 40,000

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 12 eps

Host

SP
Samir Patel
8 eps

Recent guests

7 across last 12 eps
JC
Jordana Cepelewicz
2 eps
NW
Natalie Wolchover
1 ep
YS
Yasemin Saplakoglu
1 ep
JP
John Pavlus
1 ep
LK
Liz Kruesi
1 ep
IW
Ingrid Wickelgren
1 ep
BB
Ben Brubaker
1 ep

Recent episodes

Audio Edition: The Cells That Breathe Two Ways

Apr 30, 2026

13m 19s

Quantum Mechanics Might Be a Secret Key to Secure Communication

Apr 28, 2026

27m 05s

Is String Theory Still Our Best Hope?

Apr 21, 2026

26m 20s

Audio Edition: New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder

Apr 16, 2026

13m 36s

One of Nature’s Most Complex Molecular Machines

Apr 14, 2026

23m 20s

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Chart Positions

42 placements across 23 markets.