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 17 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 461

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

4. NHPR (2 shows)

5. France Culture (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
2	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
4	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
6	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	50	Triton Digital	38
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
10	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
11	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
12	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
13	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
14	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
15	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
16	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
17	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
20	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
21	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
22	The Warblers by Birds Canada	Birds Canada	Science	96	Buzzsprout	68
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
24	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
25	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
26	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
27	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
28	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
29	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
31	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
32	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
33	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
34	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
36	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
37	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
38	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
40	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
41	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
42	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
43	Future Ecologies	Future Ecologies	Science	114	Captivate	63
44	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
45	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
46	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
47	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
48	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	626	Spreaker	54
49	La Science CQFD Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Science	211	N/A	N/A
50	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
51	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
52	Les années lumière	Radio-Canada	Science & Medicine	11	Triton Digital	49
53	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
54	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
55	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
56	Good Nature with Megan Leslie	Antica Productions, WWF-Canada	Science	13	Simplecast	62
57	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	415	Megaphone	48
58	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
59	Dose de psy: le podcast	Dre Janick Coutu, psychologue	Science	32	Captivate	78
60	Rebel Economics with Professor Steve Keen	Professor Steve Keen	Science	153	Captivate	73
61	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
63	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
64	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
65	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
66	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
67	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
68	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
69	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
70	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
71	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
72	I.A. Café - Enquête au cœur de la recherche sur l’intelligence artificielle	Jean-François Sénéchal, Frédérick Plamondon, David Beauchemin, Ève Gaumond, Sylvain Munger, Shirley Plumerand, Véronique Tremblay, Stéphane Mineo, Benjamin Leblanc, Louis Cormier, Marie-Ève Vachon Savary, .	Science	143	Buzzsprout	73
73	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
74	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
75	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1299	Acast	48
76	La Conversation scientifique Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Science	16	N/A	N/A
77	Mystères et étoiles	Zebroloss	Science	242	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
79	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
80	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
81	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
82	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
83	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1368	Omny Studio	38
84	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
85	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1985	Megaphone	38
86	TRAIT PHARMACIEN	A.P.E.S.	Science	109	Soundcloud	43
87	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
88	The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology	Sebastian Hassinger	Science	115	Transistor	58
89	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
90	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
91	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
92	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
93	Living Planet	DW	Science	500	Unknown	48
94	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
95	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
96	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	303	Acast	43
97	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
98	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
99	This Week in Space (Audio)	TWiT	Science	20	TWiT	69
100	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49

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.

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