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Today: #107 in Science on our combined chart.

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Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the Science combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Castbox
Oct 21	#107	#90	#89
Oct 20	#110	#85	—
Oct 19	#112	#92	#90
Oct 18	#130	#109	—
Oct 17	#115	#97	#86
Oct 16	#105	#85	#82
Oct 15	#114	#95	#89

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