New Zealand · Genre chart · October 2026

Top Science Podcasts in New Zealand

Top Science Podcasts in New Zealand today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for New Zealand into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for New Zealand.

Combined rank Apple PodcastsCastboxPocket Casts

1No change

The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger

Apple #1 Castbox #1 Pocket Casts #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2No change

The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4

Apple #2 Castbox #2 Pocket Casts #2

94Pulse Score out of 100
3Up 11 from #14

Radiolab
WNYC Studios

Apple #3 Castbox #3 Pocket Casts #11

88Pulse Score out of 100
4Up 2 from #6

Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Apple #4 Castbox #5 Pocket Casts #4

84Pulse Score out of 100
5Down 2 from #3

Boring History for Sleep
Velvet

Apple #5 Castbox #4 Pocket Casts #3

81Pulse Score out of 100
6Up 16 from #22

Curious Cases
BBC Radio 4

Apple #6 Castbox #6 Pocket Casts #14

75Pulse Score out of 100
7No change

Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Apple #7 Castbox #7 Pocket Casts #5

73Pulse Score out of 100
8Down 4 from #4

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Apple #8 Castbox #9 Pocket Casts #7

70Pulse Score out of 100
9Down 4 from #5

Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Apple #9 Castbox #8 Pocket Casts #6

67Pulse Score out of 100
10Up 2 from #12

BBC Inside Science
BBC Radio 4

Apple #11 Castbox #10 Pocket Casts #9

62Pulse Score out of 100
11Up 97 from #108

Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris

Apple #10 Castbox #15 Pocket Casts —

61Pulse Score out of 100
12Up 1 from #13

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens

Apple #12 Castbox #11 Pocket Casts #17

59Pulse Score out of 100
13Down 3 from #10

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp
The Roost Podcast Network

Apple #13 Castbox #12 Pocket Casts #12

57Pulse Score out of 100
14Down 6 from #8

A Question of Science
The Francis Crick Institute

Apple #14 Castbox #13 Pocket Casts #8

56Pulse Score out of 100
15Down 6 from #9

Science Weekly
The Guardian

Apple #15 Castbox #14 Pocket Casts #10

54Pulse Score out of 100
16Down 1 from #15

Science Friction
ABC Australia

Apple #16 Castbox #16 Pocket Casts #22

51Pulse Score out of 100
17Up 2 from #19

The Psychology Podcast
Scott Barry Kaufman

Apple #17 Castbox #17 Pocket Casts #13

50Pulse Score out of 100
18Up 59 from #77

Unexpected Elements
BBC World Service

Apple #18 Castbox #18 Pocket Casts #45

47Pulse Score out of 100
19Up 1 from #20

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media

Apple #19 Castbox #20 Pocket Casts #15

47Pulse Score out of 100
20Down 9 from #11

Unexplainable
Vox

Apple #20 Castbox #19 Pocket Casts #16

46Pulse Score out of 100
21Up 8 from #29

Discovery
BBC World Service

Apple #21 Castbox #22 Pocket Casts #37

44Pulse Score out of 100
22Up 2 from #24

Nature Conversations: Dr. Adam Forbes Interviews the Experts
Dr Adam Forbes

Apple #22 Castbox #21 Pocket Casts #18

44Pulse Score out of 100
23Down 7 from #16

Dr Karl Podcast
triplej

Apple #25 Castbox #23 Pocket Casts #21

40Pulse Score out of 100
24Up 22 from #46

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II
RNZ

Apple #23 Castbox #68 Pocket Casts —

39Pulse Score out of 100
25Up 54 from #79

CrowdScience
BBC World Service

Apple #24 Castbox #29 Pocket Casts —

39Pulse Score out of 100
26Down 9 from #17

Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Apple #29 Castbox #26 Pocket Casts #20

37Pulse Score out of 100
27Up 122 from #149

Head Shepherd
Mark Ferguson

Apple #28 Castbox #25 Pocket Casts —

36Pulse Score out of 100
28Up 82 from #110

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
Hannah Fry

Apple #26 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

35Pulse Score out of 100
29Up 28 from #57

Life Without
BBC Radio 4

Apple #31 Castbox #27 Pocket Casts #28

35Pulse Score out of 100
30Down 2 from #28

Our Changing World
RNZ

Apple #27 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

35Pulse Score out of 100
31Down 10 from #21

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Apple #33 Castbox #31 Pocket Casts #25

34Pulse Score out of 100
32Up 23 from #55

The myCOW Podcast
myCOW

Apple #32 Castbox #28 Pocket Casts —

33Pulse Score out of 100
33Up 107 from #140

Rewilding In Action
Maureen Howard

Apple #30 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

32Pulse Score out of 100
34Up 9 from #43

Overheard at National Geographic
National Geographic

Apple #34 Castbox #30 Pocket Casts —

31Pulse Score out of 100
35Up 55 from #90

Naturebang
BBC Radio 4

Apple #38 Castbox #33 Pocket Casts #23

31Pulse Score out of 100
36Up 2 from #38

The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists

Apple #37 Castbox #32 Pocket Casts #50

31Pulse Score out of 100
37Down 10 from #27

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

Apple #39 Castbox #38 Pocket Casts #26

30Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

PIIE Insider LIVE
Peterson Institute for International Economics

Apple #35 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

29Pulse Score out of 100
39Down 7 from #32

Speaking of Psychology
American Psychological Association

Apple #40 Castbox #46 Pocket Casts #46

29Pulse Score out of 100
40Down 6 from #34

Change Your Mind with New Scientist
New Scientist

Apple #41 Castbox #36 Pocket Casts #36

29Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

BioCentury This Week
BioCentury

Apple #36 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

29Pulse Score out of 100
42Down 24 from #18

The World, the Universe and Us
New Scientist

Apple #43 Castbox #34 Pocket Casts #24

28Pulse Score out of 100
43Down 18 from #25

Feed for Thought
Pioneer Brand Products NZ

Apple #42 Castbox #35 Pocket Casts #41

28Pulse Score out of 100
44Down 21 from #23

The Common Descent Podcast
Common Descent

Apple #44 Castbox #37 Pocket Casts #29

28Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

From Our Neurons to Yours
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler

Apple #45 Castbox #48 Pocket Casts #35

27Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

Rust Belt Science
Dr. Maggie Fink and Dr. Shahir Rizk

Apple #46 Castbox #45 Pocket Casts #30

27Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

Mythfits
Pionaire Podcasting

Apple #48 Castbox #41 Pocket Casts #33

26Pulse Score out of 100
48Down 3 from #45

The Joy of Why
Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

Apple #47 Castbox #54 Pocket Casts #40

26Pulse Score out of 100
49Down 14 from #35

Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

Apple #52 Castbox #39 Pocket Casts #27

25Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

blurbs
Matt Ross

Apple #53 Castbox #47 Pocket Casts #32

24Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill
Newstalk

Apple #49 Castbox #42 Pocket Casts —

24Pulse Score out of 100
52Down 1 from #51

Universe Today Podcast
Fraser Cain

Apple #51 Castbox — Pocket Casts #31

24Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

Mind Brew
Jacqui Maguire

Apple #50 Castbox #44 Pocket Casts —

24Pulse Score out of 100
54Down 28 from #26

Scotland Outdoors
BBC Radio Scotland

Apple #55 Castbox #40 Pocket Casts #34

24Pulse Score out of 100
55Down 25 from #30

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity
The Brookings Institution

Apple #56 Castbox #50 Pocket Casts #38

23Pulse Score out of 100
56Up 55 from #111

Bedtime Astronomy
Synthetic Universe

Apple #54 Castbox #49 Pocket Casts —

22Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (The Podcast)
Extremely Accurate Bird Songs

Apple #59 Castbox #53 Pocket Casts #39

22Pulse Score out of 100
58Down 21 from #37

That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast

Apple #60 Castbox #43 Pocket Casts #47

22Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

The Rest is Climate Podcast
Nick Simpson

Apple #57 Castbox #51 Pocket Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
60Down 24 from #36

DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Apple #62 Castbox #55 Pocket Casts #43

21Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne
RTÉ lyric fm

Apple #58 Castbox #52 Pocket Casts —

21Pulse Score out of 100
62Down 29 from #33

Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor

Apple #63 Castbox #57 Pocket Casts #44

21Pulse Score out of 100
63Down 10 from #53

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #61 Castbox #58 Pocket Casts —

20Pulse Score out of 100
64Up 23 from #87

Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #69 Castbox #65 Pocket Casts #49

19Pulse Score out of 100
65Up 11 from #76

This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #64 Castbox #66 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
66Down 27 from #39

The Seán Chorus
HeadStuff Podcasts

Apple #70 Castbox #61 Pocket Casts #48

19Pulse Score out of 100
67Down 26 from #41

You Are Not So Smart
You Are Not So Smart

Apple #65 Castbox #60 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
68Up 17 from #85

The Life Scientific
BBC Radio 4

Apple #66 Castbox #73 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
69Up 45 from #114

Short Wave
NPR

Apple #67 Castbox #69 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
70Down 26 from #44

The Quanta Podcast
Quanta Magazine

Apple #68 Castbox #59 Pocket Casts —

19Pulse Score out of 100
71Up 9 from #80

Open Country
BBC Radio 4

Apple #71 Castbox #56 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
72Down 3 from #69

Get Birding
Peanut & Crumb

Apple #72 Castbox #62 Pocket Casts —

18Pulse Score out of 100
73Down 31 from #42

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #73 Castbox #63 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
74Down 1 from #73

Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica and Global Optimism

Apple #74 Castbox #64 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
75Down 35 from #40

The Market Gardener Podcast
JM Fortier

Apple #75 Castbox #67 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
76Down 28 from #48

Atomic Adventures
Jess Sharpe

Apple #77 Castbox #72 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
77Down 7 from #70

Origin Stories
The Leakey Foundation

Apple #76 Castbox #95 Pocket Casts —

17Pulse Score out of 100
78Down 15 from #63

Found in Space: A Science Podcast for Kids and Teens
Arwen Hubbard

Apple #78 Castbox #84 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
79Down 30 from #49

Choiceology with Katy Milkman
Charles Schwab

Apple #79 Castbox #74 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
80Up 49 from #129

The Science Show
ABC Australia

Apple #80 Castbox #80 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
81Down 15 from #66

The Plodcast
Our Media

Apple #81 Castbox #71 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
82Down 35 from #47

Bigfoot Crossroads
Matt Knapp

Apple #82 Castbox #77 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
83Up 26 from #109

Bigfoot Society
Jeremiah Byron

Apple #83 Castbox #76 Pocket Casts —

16Pulse Score out of 100
84Down 26 from #58

Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Dr. Chapa’s Clinical Pearls

Apple #84 Castbox #78 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
85Down 20 from #65

Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS
Martin Gillespie

Apple #85 Castbox #79 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
86Down 2 from #84

Drilled
Pushkin Industries

Apple #86 Castbox #96 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
87Down 35 from #52

Scott Manley
Scott Manley

Apple #87 Castbox #81 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
88Down 29 from #59

Syd the Science Teen
Sydney Williams

Apple #88 Castbox #82 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
89Down 3 from #86

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
Stuart Gary

Apple #89 Castbox #70 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
90Down 34 from #56

Best Medicine
BBC Radio 4

Apple #90 Castbox #83 Pocket Casts —

15Pulse Score out of 100
91Down 31 from #60

Motivational Interviewing & Beyond
Joel Porter & Steve Rollnick

Apple #91 Castbox #85 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
92Down 31 from #61

Tune into Nature with Karthic
Tune into Nature

Apple #92 Castbox #86 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
93Down 31 from #62

Ciência Suja
Ciência Suja

Apple #93 Castbox #87 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
94Down 30 from #64

Saving the World From Bad Ideas
WePlanet

Apple #94 Castbox #88 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
95Down 28 from #67

Pain Exchange
International Association for the Study of Pain

Apple #95 Castbox #89 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
96Down 28 from #68

The Show About Science
Nate | The Company Making Podcasts

Apple #96 Castbox #90 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
97Down 25 from #72

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries
Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

Apple #98 Castbox #75 Pocket Casts —

14Pulse Score out of 100
98Down 27 from #71

Big Picture Science
Big Picture Science

Apple #99 Castbox #91 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
99Down 49 from #50

Uncharted with Hannah Fry
BBC Radio 4

Apple #100 Castbox #94 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
100Up 37 from #137

Mysterious Universe
8th Kind

Apple #101 Castbox #93 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100

Show 101–200Showing 101–200

101Down 47 from #54

Wild Tales | Nature Podcast
National Trust

Apple #102 Castbox #97 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
102Down 28 from #74

Skeptics with a K
Skeptic Media Limited

Apple #103 Castbox #92 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
103Up 21 from #124

Paranormal Mysteries
Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

Apple #97 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
104Down 29 from #75

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Zachary Elwood

Apple #104 Castbox #100 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
105Down 23 from #82

Geology Bites
Oliver Strimpel

Apple #105 Castbox #99 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
106Down 4 from #102

Science Quickly
Scientific American

Apple #106 Castbox #98 Pocket Casts —

13Pulse Score out of 100
107Down 3 from #104

Reskillience
Catie Payne

Apple #107 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
108Down 27 from #81

Particles of Thought
GBH

Apple #108 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
109Down 13 from #96

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast
Chris and Jesse

Apple #109 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
110Up 2 from #112

Babbage from The Economist
The Economist

Apple #110 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
111Down 11 from #100

天方烨谈
基因频道

Apple #111 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

12Pulse Score out of 100
112Down 23 from #89

The Science of Happiness
PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Apple #112 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
113Down 82 from #31

IASP Pain Research Forum Podcasts
IASP Pain Research Forum

Apple #128 Castbox — Pocket Casts #42

11Pulse Score out of 100
114Up 18 from #132

Houston We Have a Podcast
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Apple #113 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
115Down 37 from #78

Soils For Life
Soils For Life

Apple #114 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
116Down 28 from #88

博物珍奇櫃——徐振輔生態人文筆記
鏡好聽

Apple #115 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
117Down 4 from #113

Astrum Space
Astrum

Apple #116 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
118Down 17 from #101

Rare Earth
BBC Radio 4

Apple #117 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
119Up 71 from #190

This Week in Cardiology
Medscape

Apple #118 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
120Down 22 from #98

The Futurists
Brett King, JP Nicols, Jason Henrichs

Apple #119 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
121Down 29 from #92

Tiny Matters
Multitude

Apple #120 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
122Down 29 from #93

Are We Doomed?
NPR Network

Apple #121 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
123Down 29 from #94

The End Of The World with Josh Clark
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #122 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
124Down 27 from #97

scigest - Bioeconomy Science Institute podcasts
New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited

Apple #123 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

11Pulse Score out of 100
125Down 26 from #99

Oceanography | Marine Science and Ocean Stories
Pine Forest Media | Environmental Science Podcasts

Apple #124 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
126Down 23 from #103

'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Apple #125 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
127Down 22 from #105

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography
MapScaping

Apple #126 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
128Down 22 from #106

The FND Society Podcast
FND Society

Apple #127 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
129Down 22 from #107

The Georgia Forestry Forum
Georgia Forestry Commission

Apple #129 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
130Up 5 from #135

Science Magazine Podcast
Science Magazine

Apple #130 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
131Down 36 from #95

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

Apple #131 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
132Up 39 from #171

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
John Kempf

Apple #132 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
133Up 1 from #134

Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts
High Ash Farm

Apple #133 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
134New on this chart

TheThinkingAtheist
The Thinking Atheist

Apple #134 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
135Up 65 from #200

Breaking Down: Collapse
Kory & Kellan

Apple #135 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
136Up 33 from #169

DOC Sounds of Science Podcast
Department of Conservation

Apple #136 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
137New on this chart

The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery
Chuck and Chris

Apple #137 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
138Down 55 from #83

Astronomy Cast
Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

Apple #138 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

10Pulse Score out of 100
139Up 45 from #184

Off-Nominal
Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

Apple #139 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
140Down 25 from #115

La Terre au carré
France Inter

Apple #140 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
141Up 52 from #193

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh
Atmos

Apple #141 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
142Down 22 from #120

Instant Genius
Our Media

Apple #142 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
143No change

Skeptoid
Brian Dunning

Apple #143 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
144Up 34 from #178

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Brian Keating

Apple #144 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
145Up 27 from #172

The Climate Question
BBC World Service

Apple #145 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
146Down 55 from #91

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

Apple #146 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
147New on this chart

Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives

Apple #147 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
148Down 23 from #125

What The Duck?!
ABC Australia

Apple #148 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
149New on this chart

In Research Of
William Blake Smith

Apple #149 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
150New on this chart

Sci Guys
The Sci Guys

Apple #150 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
151Up 23 from #174

Main Engine Cut Off
Anthony Colangelo

Apple #151 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
152Down 36 from #116

Slow Radio
BBC Radio 3

Apple #152 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
153Down 23 from #130

Cryptids Of The Corn
Cryptids of the Corn Podcast

Apple #153 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
154Up 33 from #187

Many Minds
Kensy Cooperrider – Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute

Apple #154 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
155Down 34 from #121

Stanford Psychology Podcast
Stanford Psychology

Apple #155 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
156Down 15 from #141

Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

Apple #156 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

9Pulse Score out of 100
157Down 40 from #117

People Helping Nature Podcast
Conservation Amplified

Apple #157 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
158New on this chart

Почему мы еще живы
libo/libo

Apple #158 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
159Down 40 from #119

Ancient Aliens
PodcastOne

Apple #159 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
160Up 35 from #195

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science

Apple #160 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
161Down 39 from #122

Navigating Neuropsychology
John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

Apple #161 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
162Down 39 from #123

The Deep-Sea Podcast
Thomas Linley

Apple #162 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
163Down 36 from #127

Voice of Tangaroa
RNZ

Apple #163 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
164Down 38 from #126

Deep Mission Fishing Podcast with Scotty Thorrington
Deep Mission

Apple #164 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
165Down 37 from #128

Utopian Futures
Made in China Journal

Apple #165 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
166Up 11 from #177

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith
Ben Goldsmith

Apple #166 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
167New on this chart

Tom Nelson
Thomas Nelson

Apple #167 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
168Up 8 from #176

Kākāpō Files II
RNZ

Apple #168 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
169Down 31 from #138

Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
Podimo & TellTale

Apple #169 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
170Down 52 from #118

The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW News and Information

Apple #170 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
171Up 11 from #182

Farming Today
BBC Radio 4

Apple #171 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
172Down 5 from #167

Outside/In
NHPR

Apple #172 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
173Up 21 from #194

Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists
Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson

Apple #173 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
174Down 43 from #131

Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

Apple #174 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
175New on this chart

UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast
Gamut Podcast Network

Apple #175 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
176Down 18 from #158

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David Puder, M.D.

Apple #176 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
177New on this chart

Tierisch Menschlich
Martin Rütter und Katharina Adick

Apple #177 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
178Down 32 from #146

Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast
Accidental Gods

Apple #178 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

8Pulse Score out of 100
179New on this chart

Future Ecologies
Future Ecologies

Apple #179 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
180Down 24 from #156

Ground Truths
Eric Topol

Apple #180 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
181Down 1 from #180

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society

Apple #181 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
182New on this chart

Operation Night Cat
New Hampshire Public Radio

Apple #182 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
183New on this chart

Quarks Daily
Quarks

Apple #183 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
184Down 45 from #139

Astronomy Daily: Latest Space News
bitesz.com

Apple #184 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
185Up 1 from #186

Let's Learn Everything!
Maximum Fun

Apple #185 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
186New on this chart

EcoFarm Aotearoa
Ewan Campbell with co-host Stephen Brunton

Apple #186 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
187Down 45 from #142

BrainStuff
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #187 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
188Down 43 from #145

This Week in Virology
Vincent Racaniello

Apple #188 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
189New on this chart

Ask the Naked Scientists
Dr Chris Smith

Apple #189 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
190Down 36 from #154

Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History
Dylan Wilmeth

Apple #190 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
191Down 39 from #152

The New Zealand General Practice Podcast
Dr Jo Scott-Jones

Apple #191 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
192Down 41 from #151

Robinson's Podcast
Robinson Erhardt

Apple #192 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
193Up 5 from #198

In Search of Soil with Diego Footer
The Modern Grower Podcast Network

Apple #193 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
194Down 58 from #136

The Michael Shermer Show
Michael Shermer

Apple #194 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
195Down 10 from #185

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

Apple #195 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
196New on this chart

Total Disclosure Podcast
Tyler Roberts

Apple #196 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
197Down 50 from #147

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
AsapSCIENCE

Apple #197 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
198Down 10 from #188

Safety Third
Safety Third

Apple #198 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
199Down 51 from #148

Aimee Raupp | The Fertility Authority Podcast
Aimee Raupp

Apple #199 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100
200Down 67 from #133

Real Ghost Stories Online
Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio

Apple #200 Castbox — Pocket Casts —

7Pulse Score out of 100

Quick answers

What is the #1 science podcast in New Zealand right now?

The Rest Is Science by Goalhanger is the No. 1 science podcast on Pod is Life's combined chart for October 31, 2026 (#1 on Apple Podcasts, #1 on Castbox, #1 on Pocket Casts).

What are the top 3 science podcasts this week?

Right now the top three are The Rest Is Science, The Infinite Monkey Cage and Radiolab. The chart updates every day, so check back to see who's climbing.

How is this ranking calculated?

We combine each show's position on the Apple Podcasts, Castbox & Pocket Casts Science charts into a single Pulse Score from 1 to 100. Shows that rank well on several platforms score higher than shows that top just one. Read the full methodology.

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