Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Science

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Canada

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Canada. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 31 Aug 2026

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08/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 497

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:02

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. GBH (2 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	860	Simplecast	73
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	528	Simplecast	63
3	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	43	Triton Digital	38
4	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1132	Simplecast	68
5	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	707	Simplecast	48
6	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	342	Megaphone	69
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	486	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	84	Megaphone	83
9	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	4	Omny Studio	69
10	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Health & Fitness	22	Acast	63
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	306	Megaphone	53
12	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	482	Buzzsprout	42
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	502	Libsyn	53
14	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1104	Libsyn	38
15	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1943	Simplecast	58
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network	Science	297	Megaphone	68
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	722	Libsyn	49
18	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	20	PRX	69
19	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	364	Megaphone	73
20	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	331	Acast	49
21	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1371	Simplecast	63
22	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	412	Libsyn	58
23	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	508	BBC	48
24	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	462	Megaphone	63
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll \| Wondery	Science	438	ART19	48
26	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1311	Megaphone	58
27	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1559	Fireside	53
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	847	Omny Studio	48
29	Astrum Space	Alex McColgan	Science	212	Buzzsprout	73
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	351	Libsyn	68
31	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
32	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	68
33	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
34	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
35	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	38	Captivate	83
36	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	461	Acast	38
37	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	668	BBC	38
38	Speaking of Psychology	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
39	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
40	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	341	BBC	38
41	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	103	Megaphone	69
42	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	383	Podbean	41
43	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1284	Acast	48
44	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	99	Libsyn	63
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	73	PRX	59
46	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	731	Megaphone	59
47	Good Nature with Megan Leslie	Antica Productions, WWF-Canada	Science	13	Simplecast	62
48	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
49	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	276	Libsyn	48
50	La Science CQFD	France Culture	Science	171	N/A	N/A
51	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	83	ART19	52
52	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
53	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	850	BBC	28
54	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	43	Podbean	62
55	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	801	Spreaker	54
56	Les années lumière	Radio-Canada	Science & Medicine	27	Triton Digital	49
57	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	633	Libsyn	63
58	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	797	BBC	28
59	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	31	Simplecast	68
60	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
61	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	623	Spreaker	69
62	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	515	Spreaker	64
63	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	596	Acast	69
64	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	2	Megaphone	63
65	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	627	Megaphone	58
66	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	350	PRX	53
67	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	43
68	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	153	ART19	68
69	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	657	Megaphone	32
70	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	84
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	50	Simplecast	62
73	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	69	PRX	79
74	The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week	Popular Science	Science	235	Megaphone	63
75	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	2451	Simplecast	59
76	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
77	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
78	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	557	Spreaker	49
79	Les voies métaboliques	Société québécoise de lipidologie, de nutrition et de métabolisme (SQLNM)	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	922	Acast	43
81	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	911	Acast	59
82	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
83	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science & Medicine	593	Squarespace	58
84	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
85	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
86	Mystères et étoiles	Zebroloss	Science	226	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	152	Buzzsprout	63
88	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1356	Omny Studio	38
89	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
90	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	146	Simplecast	58
91	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	116	N/A	N/A
92	Drilled	Critical Frequency	Science	266	Megaphone	69
93	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	356	Unknown	43
94	BrainStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2001	Omny Studio	49
95	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1959	Megaphone	32
96	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
97	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
98	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
99	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	119	Audioboom	42
100	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

The podcast landscape in Canada is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Canada.
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