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.

1New on this chart

The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger

Castbox #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2New on this chart

Boring History for Sleep
Velvet

Castbox #2

81Pulse Score out of 100
3New on this chart

Radiolab
WNYC Studios

Castbox #3

94Pulse Score out of 100
4New on this chart

Curious Cases
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #4

84Pulse Score out of 100
5New on this chart

Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Castbox #5

88Pulse Score out of 100
6New on this chart

Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris

Castbox #6

73Pulse Score out of 100
7New on this chart

Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Castbox #7

76Pulse Score out of 100
8New on this chart

Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Castbox #8

67Pulse Score out of 100
9New on this chart

CrowdScience
BBC World Service

Castbox #9

62Pulse Score out of 100
10New on this chart

Science Weekly
The Guardian

Castbox #10

69Pulse Score out of 100
11New on this chart

BBC Inside Science
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #11

55Pulse Score out of 100
12New on this chart

The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #12

50Pulse Score out of 100
13New on this chart

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Castbox #13

57Pulse Score out of 100
14New on this chart

Uncharted with Hannah Fry
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #14

59Pulse Score out of 100
15New on this chart

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens

Castbox #15

52Pulse Score out of 100
16New on this chart

The Common Descent Podcast
Common Descent

Castbox #16

46Pulse Score out of 100
17New on this chart

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media

Castbox #17

49Pulse Score out of 100
18New on this chart

Unexpected Elements
BBC World Service

Castbox #18

45Pulse Score out of 100
19New on this chart

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

Castbox #19

63Pulse Score out of 100
20New on this chart

The World, the Universe and Us
New Scientist

Castbox #20

42Pulse Score out of 100
21New on this chart

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

Castbox #21

53Pulse Score out of 100
22New on this chart

The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists

Castbox #22

43Pulse Score out of 100
23New on this chart

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp
The Roost Podcast Network

Castbox #23

47Pulse Score out of 100
24New on this chart

Dr Karl Podcast
triplej

Castbox #24

35Pulse Score out of 100
25New on this chart

Our Changing World
RNZ

Castbox #25
26New on this chart

The Science Show
ABC Australia

Castbox #26

34Pulse Score out of 100
27New on this chart

Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Castbox #27

37Pulse Score out of 100
28New on this chart

Discovery
BBC World Service

Castbox #28

39Pulse Score out of 100
29New on this chart

Scotland Outdoors
BBC Radio Scotland

Castbox #29

41Pulse Score out of 100
30New on this chart

Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor

Castbox #30

33Pulse Score out of 100
31New on this chart

Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #31

30Pulse Score out of 100
32New on this chart

Unexplainable
Vox

Castbox #32

31Pulse Score out of 100
33New on this chart

Life Without
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #33

35Pulse Score out of 100
34New on this chart

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
Spencer Greenberg

Castbox #34

29Pulse Score out of 100
35New on this chart

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith
Ben Goldsmith

Castbox #35

22Pulse Score out of 100
36New on this chart

Short Wave
NPR

Castbox #36

31Pulse Score out of 100
37New on this chart

The Seán Chorus
HeadStuff Podcasts

Castbox #37

29Pulse Score out of 100
38New on this chart

Open Country
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #38

20Pulse Score out of 100
39New on this chart

A Question of Science
The Francis Crick Institute

Castbox #39

26Pulse Score out of 100
40New on this chart

This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #40

28Pulse Score out of 100
41New on this chart

How We're Wired
The Bertarelli Foundation

Castbox #41

22Pulse Score out of 100
42New on this chart

From First Principles
Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

Castbox #42

21Pulse Score out of 100
43New on this chart

Change Your Mind with New Scientist
New Scientist

Castbox #43

19Pulse Score out of 100
44New on this chart

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #44

16Pulse Score out of 100
45New on this chart

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything

Castbox #45

21Pulse Score out of 100
46New on this chart

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

Castbox #46

17Pulse Score out of 100
47New on this chart

Ask the Naked Scientists
Dr Chris Smith

Castbox #47

21Pulse Score out of 100
48New on this chart

DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Castbox #48

32Pulse Score out of 100
49New on this chart

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Brian Keating

Castbox #49

21Pulse Score out of 100
50New on this chart

Bedtime Astronomy
Synthetic Universe

Castbox #50

19Pulse Score out of 100
51New on this chart

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss

Castbox #51

27Pulse Score out of 100
52New on this chart

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

Castbox #52

15Pulse Score out of 100
53New on this chart

Shots of Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Castbox #53

20Pulse Score out of 100
54New on this chart

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

Castbox #54

20Pulse Score out of 100
55New on this chart

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
Stuart Gary

Castbox #55

14Pulse Score out of 100
56New on this chart

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science

Castbox #56

18Pulse Score out of 100
57New on this chart

Voice of Tangaroa
RNZ

Castbox #57

16Pulse Score out of 100
58New on this chart

Science Friction
ABC Australia

Castbox #58

17Pulse Score out of 100
59New on this chart

Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica and Global Optimism

Castbox #59

19Pulse Score out of 100
60New on this chart

Robinson's Podcast
Robinson Erhardt

Castbox #60

22Pulse Score out of 100
61New on this chart

Natural Causes
Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #61

17Pulse Score out of 100
62New on this chart

跨国串门儿计划
yikai

Castbox #62
63New on this chart

That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast

Castbox #63

17Pulse Score out of 100
64New on this chart

Science unscripted
DW

Castbox #64

15Pulse Score out of 100
65New on this chart

Astrum Space
Astrum

Castbox #65

12Pulse Score out of 100
66New on this chart

原来是这样 Dscience
原来是这样 Dscience

Castbox #66

15Pulse Score out of 100
67New on this chart

Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Crash Course Pods, Complexly

Castbox #67

19Pulse Score out of 100
68New on this chart

Let's Learn Everything!
Maximum Fun

Castbox #68

13Pulse Score out of 100
69New on this chart

ASGCT Podcast Network
American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

Castbox #69

15Pulse Score out of 100
70New on this chart

Quirks and Quarks
CBC

Castbox #70

14Pulse Score out of 100
71New on this chart

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

Castbox #71

12Pulse Score out of 100
72New on this chart

Living Planet
DW

Castbox #72

15Pulse Score out of 100
73New on this chart

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa
Julian Issa

Castbox #73

15Pulse Score out of 100
74New on this chart

Get Birding
Peanut & Crumb

Castbox #74

37Pulse Score out of 100
75New on this chart

Opinionated History of Mathematics
Intellectual Mathematics

Castbox #75

9Pulse Score out of 100
76New on this chart

The Climate Question
BBC World Service

Castbox #76

14Pulse Score out of 100
77New on this chart

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

Castbox #77

14Pulse Score out of 100
78New on this chart

Babbage from The Economist
The Economist

Castbox #78

18Pulse Score out of 100
79New on this chart

This Week in Virology
Vincent Racaniello

Castbox #79

15Pulse Score out of 100
80New on this chart

The Plodcast
Our Media

Castbox #80

11Pulse Score out of 100
81New on this chart

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh
Atmos

Castbox #81

14Pulse Score out of 100
82New on this chart

Overheard at National Geographic
National Geographic

Castbox #82

15Pulse Score out of 100
83New on this chart

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

Castbox #83

14Pulse Score out of 100
84New on this chart

Total Disclosure Podcast
Tyler Roberts

Castbox #84

13Pulse Score out of 100
85New on this chart

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David Puder, M.D.

Castbox #85

21Pulse Score out of 100
86New on this chart

Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

Castbox #86

11Pulse Score out of 100
87New on this chart

Feed for Thought
Pioneer Brand Products NZ

Castbox #87

14Pulse Score out of 100
88New on this chart

Astronomy Cast
Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

Castbox #88

12Pulse Score out of 100
89New on this chart

The Life Scientific
BBC Radio 4

Castbox #89

12Pulse Score out of 100
90New on this chart

Win-Win with Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Castbox #90

24Pulse Score out of 100
91New on this chart

Stanford Psychology Podcast
Stanford Psychology

Castbox #91

11Pulse Score out of 100
92New on this chart

Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill
Newstalk

Castbox #92

33Pulse Score out of 100
93New on this chart

The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW News and Information

Castbox #93

12Pulse Score out of 100
94New on this chart

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
Hannah Fry

Castbox #94

12Pulse Score out of 100
95New on this chart

The VPZD Show
Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania

Castbox #95

10Pulse Score out of 100
96New on this chart

Speaking of Psychology
American Psychological Association

Castbox #96

12Pulse Score out of 100
97New on this chart

TheThinkingAtheist
The Thinking Atheist

Castbox #97

11Pulse Score out of 100
98New on this chart

Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

Castbox #98

19Pulse Score out of 100
99New on this chart

BrainStuff
iHeartPodcasts

Castbox #99

10Pulse Score out of 100
100New on this chart

Origin Stories
The Leakey Foundation

Castbox #100

10Pulse Score out of 100

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