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 24 Dec 2025

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12/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 456

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Quanta Magazine (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
3	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
6	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
7	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
8	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	48	Triton Digital	38
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
10	White Coat, Black Art	CBC	Health & Fitness	58	Triton Digital	38
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
13	Leaked	TFLabs	Science	9	Megaphone	53
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
17	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
18	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
21	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
22	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
23	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
24	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
25	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
26	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
27	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
28	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
29	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
30	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
32	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
33	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
34	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
35	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
36	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
37	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
38	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
39	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
40	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
41	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
42	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
43	Les années lumière	Radio-Canada	Science & Medicine	11	Triton Digital	49
44	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
45	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
46	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
47	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
48	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
49	Nature Practice	natasha deganello giraudie	Science	34	Buzzsprout	53
50	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
51	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
52	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
53	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
54	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
55	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
56	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
57	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
58	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
59	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
60	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
61	TheThinkingAtheist	The Thinking Atheist	Science	810	Spreaker	54
62	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
63	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
64	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
65	The Warblers by Birds Canada	Birds Canada	Science	94	Buzzsprout	68
66	La Science CQFD Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Science	186	N/A	N/A
67	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
68	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	682	Megaphone	59
69	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
70	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
71	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
72	The Market Gardener Podcast	JM Fortier	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	57
73	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	43	Unknown	89
74	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
75	BirdNote Daily	BirdNote	Science	1095	Simplecast	59
76	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
77	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
78	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
80	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
81	Outside/In	NHPR	Science	411	Megaphone	48
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
83	SciShow Tangents	Complexly	Science	338	Simplecast	73
84	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
85	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
86	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
87	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
88	Just the Zoo of Us	Ellen & Christian Weatherford	Science	373	Simplecast	48
89	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
90	Mystères et étoiles	Zebroloss	Science	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
92	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
93	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
94	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
95	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
96	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
97	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	584	ART19	62
98	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
99	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1975	Megaphone	32
100	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31

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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