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 05 sept. 2026

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09/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 410

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. NHPR (2 shows)

4. GBH (2 shows)

5. Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
4	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
6	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
7	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	45	Triton Digital	38
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
10	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
11	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
12	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
14	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
15	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
17	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
18	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
21	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
22	NOVA Remix	GBH	Science	9	PRX	84
23	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
25	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
26	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1404	Simplecast	63
27	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
28	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
30	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
31	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
32	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
33	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	40	Unknown	89
34	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
35	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
36	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
37	Good Nature with Megan Leslie	Antica Productions, WWF-Canada	Science	13	Simplecast	62
38	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1583	Unknown	48
40	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
41	Chris Hadfield On Energy	On Energy	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
42	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
43	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63
44	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
45	La Science CQFD Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Science	175	N/A	N/A
46	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
47	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	467	Megaphone	53
48	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	74	PRX	79
49	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
50	ScienceSphere	Stephania Mills	Science	73	Podigee	54
51	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
53	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
54	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
55	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
56	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	409	Megaphone	48
57	Nerdy About Nature	Nerdy About Nature	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
59	The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine	Medicine Pods: The Intern at Work	Science	311	Buzzsprout	32
60	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
61	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
62	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
63	The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu	theliuniverse	Science	80	Podbean	57
64	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
65	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
66	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
67	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
68	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	69
69	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
70	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
71	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
73	Les années lumière	Radio-Canada	Science & Medicine	10	Triton Digital	49
74	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
75	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
76	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
77	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
78	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
79	La Terre au carré Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Nature	49	N/A	N/A
80	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
81	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
82	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
83	The Warblers by Birds Canada	Birds Canada	Science	94	Buzzsprout	68
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
85	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
86	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
88	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
89	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	119	Soundcloud	42
90	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	478	Spotify for Podcasters	22
91	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
92	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	549	Spreaker	64
93	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
94	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
95	Life List: A Birding Podcast	George Armistead, Alvaro Jaramillo, and Mollee Brown	Science	144	Buzzsprout	62
96	Albertans In Space Podcast	Albertans In Space Podcast	Science	21	Acast	63
97	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
98	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
99	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
100	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48

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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