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Today: #86 in Science on our combined chart.
Today: #55 in Science, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #36 in Science, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #63 in Science, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #152 in Science, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #95 in Science, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #57 in Science, Mexico on our combined chart.
Today: #37 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #25 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #14 in Science, India on our combined chart.
Today: #150 in Science, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #102 in Science, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #72 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 21 | #86 | #64 | — | #64 |
| Oct 20 | #77 | #51 | #45 | #48 |
| Oct 19 | #69 | #43 | #42 | #41 |
| Oct 18 | #68 | #45 | #40 | #43 |
| Oct 17 | #60 | #33 | — | #44 |
| Oct 16 | #103 | #84 | — | #77 |
| Oct 15 | #126 | #105 | — | — |
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