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Today: #9 in Science on our combined chart.
Today: #94 in Science, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #16 in Science, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #61 in Science, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #103 in Science, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #168 in Science, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #86 in Science, Mexico on our combined chart.
Today: #15 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #44 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #26 in Science, India on our combined chart.
Today: #49 in Science, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #141 in Science, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #24 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 21 | #9 | #10 | #18 | #11 | #10 |
| Oct 20 | #10 | #12 | #18 | #12 | #12 |
| Oct 19 | #9 | #10 | #17 | #10 | #10 |
| Oct 18 | #8 | #9 | #17 | #9 | #10 |
| Oct 17 | #9 | #9 | #17 | #10 | #10 |
| Oct 16 | #8 | #9 | #17 | #12 | #12 |
| Oct 15 | #9 | #11 | #17 | #10 | #10 |
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