Genre chart · October 2026

Top Science Podcasts

Space, physics, nature, psychology and the social sciences. These science podcasts make big ideas easy to follow and are ranked from the daily charts.

1

Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

Apple #1 Spotify — P. Casts #1

62Pulse Score out of 100
2

Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Apple #2 Spotify #4 P. Casts #2

87Pulse Score out of 100
3

Science of Perception Box
Unlikely Collaborators | Pod People

Apple #3 Spotify — P. Casts #3

52Pulse Score out of 100
4

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Apple #6 Spotify #5 P. Casts #4

73Pulse Score out of 100
5

Radiolab
WNYC Studios

Apple #5 Spotify #2 P. Casts #5

80Pulse Score out of 100
6

Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Apple #4 Spotify #3 P. Casts #6

79Pulse Score out of 100
7

Big Ideas Lab
Mission.org

Apple #8 Spotify — P. Casts #7

38Pulse Score out of 100
8

Short Wave
NPR

Apple #7 Spotify #8 P. Casts #8

62Pulse Score out of 100
9

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

Apple #9 Spotify — P. Casts #9

36Pulse Score out of 100
10

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life
Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

Apple #11 Spotify — P. Casts #10

33Pulse Score out of 100
11

Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Apple #10 Spotify #17 P. Casts #11

49Pulse Score out of 100
12

Boring History for Sleep
Velvet

Apple #13 Spotify #7 P. Casts #12

55Pulse Score out of 100
13

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast
Health Optimization Medicine and Practice

Apple #12 Spotify — P. Casts #13

30Pulse Score out of 100
14

Blurry Creatures
Blurry Creatures

Apple #14 Spotify #9 P. Casts #14

50Pulse Score out of 100
15

Unexplainable
Vox

Apple #15 Spotify #6 P. Casts #15

54Pulse Score out of 100
16

This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #16 Spotify #19 P. Casts #16

41Pulse Score out of 100
17

Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

Apple #18 Spotify #13 P. Casts #17

43Pulse Score out of 100
18

Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Apple #17 Spotify #1 P. Casts #18

63Pulse Score out of 100
19

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

Apple #21 Spotify #11 P. Casts #19

43Pulse Score out of 100
20

The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger

Apple #20 Spotify #12 P. Casts #20

42Pulse Score out of 100
21

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media

Apple #19 Spotify — P. Casts #21

23Pulse Score out of 100
22

DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Apple #22 Spotify — P. Casts #22

21Pulse Score out of 100
23

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

Apple #24 Spotify #27 P. Casts #23

32Pulse Score out of 100
24

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
AsapSCIENCE

Apple #25 Spotify — P. Casts #24

20Pulse Score out of 100
25

Choiceology with Katy Milkman
Charles Schwab

Apple #27 Spotify — P. Casts #25

19Pulse Score out of 100
26

Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris

Apple #23 Spotify #15 P. Casts #26

37Pulse Score out of 100
27

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens

Apple #26 Spotify #38 P. Casts #27

27Pulse Score out of 100
28

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #29 Spotify — P. Casts #28

18Pulse Score out of 100
29

Are We Doomed?
NPR Network

Apple #31 Spotify — P. Casts #29

17Pulse Score out of 100
30

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Dr. Mindy Pelz

Apple #30 Spotify — P. Casts #30

17Pulse Score out of 100
31

When autistic kids grow up
The Transmitter

Apple #34 Spotify — P. Casts #31

16Pulse Score out of 100
32

Bigfoot Society
Jeremiah Byron

Apple #37 Spotify — P. Casts #32

15Pulse Score out of 100
33

Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor

Apple #33 Spotify — P. Casts #33

16Pulse Score out of 100
34

Natural Causes
Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

Apple #36 Spotify — P. Casts #34

15Pulse Score out of 100
35

The Best of Coast to Coast AM
iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

Apple #38 Spotify — P. Casts #35

14Pulse Score out of 100
36

Huge If True Podcast
cleoabram931

Apple #32 Spotify — P. Casts #36

16Pulse Score out of 100
37

Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #40 Spotify — P. Casts #37

14Pulse Score out of 100
38

Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives

Apple #28 Spotify #26 P. Casts #38

28Pulse Score out of 100
39

Speaking of Psychology
American Psychological Association

Apple #39 Spotify #36 P. Casts #39

23Pulse Score out of 100
40

BirdNote Daily
BirdNote

Apple #45 Spotify — P. Casts #40

13Pulse Score out of 100
41

Outside/In
NHPR

Apple #35 Spotify #50 P. Casts #41

21Pulse Score out of 100
42

Paranormal Mysteries
Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

Apple #44 Spotify #40 P. Casts #42

21Pulse Score out of 100
43

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp
Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

Apple #43 Spotify #16 P. Casts #43

29Pulse Score out of 100
44

ScienceSphere
Stephania Mills

Apple #41 Spotify — P. Casts #44

13Pulse Score out of 100
45

Albertans In Space Podcast
Albertans In Space Podcast

Apple #53 Spotify — P. Casts #45

11Pulse Score out of 100
46

Therapist Uncensored Podcast
Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Apple #42 Spotify — P. Casts #46

13Pulse Score out of 100
47

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella

Apple #46 Spotify — P. Casts #47

12Pulse Score out of 100
48

The Human Experiment
Ethan Reed

Apple #47 Spotify — P. Casts #48

12Pulse Score out of 100
49

The Science of Happiness
PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Apple #49 Spotify — P. Casts #49

11Pulse Score out of 100
50

That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast

Apple #51 Spotify — P. Casts #50

11Pulse Score out of 100

Showing Pocket Casts's own chart order. Platform columns show each show's position on every app's Science chart.