Top Science Podcasts in Australia

The latest Apple Podcasts Science chart for Australia, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked November 13, 2026.

1

Dr Karl Podcast

triplej

2

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

3

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

4

Science Friction

ABC Australia

5

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

6

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

7

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

8

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

9

The Science Show

ABC Australia

10

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

11

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

12

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

13

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

14

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

Stuart Gary

15

Science Weekly

The Guardian

16

The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

17

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

18

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

19

Curious Cases

BBC Radio 4

20

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

21

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

22

Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

23

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

24

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

Sean Carroll

25

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

26

Unexplainable

Vox

27

What The Duck?!

ABC Australia

28

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

29

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

30

Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast

Kade Moir

31

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

32

Shirtloads of Science

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

33

Weekend Birder

Kirsty Costa

34

BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

35

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

36

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

37

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

38

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

39

Astrum Space

Astrum

40

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

41

Short Wave

NPR

42

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter

43

Human Potential Lab

Scott Barry Kaufman

44

Astronomy Cast

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

45

Bedtime Astronomy

Synthetic Universe

46

The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4

47

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

48

Nature Sounds

ABC

49

Babbage from The Economist

The Economist

50

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

Podium

51

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

52

Ancient Aliens

PodcastOne

53

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

54

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

55

Change Your Mind with New Scientist

New Scientist

56

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

57

CrowdScience

BBC World Service

58

The World, the Universe and Us

New Scientist

59

GRDC Podcast

Grains Research and Development Corporation

60

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

61

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

62

Soils For Life

Soils For Life

63

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

64

Astronomy Daily: Latest Space News

bitesz.com

65

Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews

Mysterious Radio

66

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

67

The Quanta Podcast

Quanta Magazine

68

Scotland Outdoors

BBC Radio Scotland

69

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

John Kempf

70

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Theories of Everything

71

Google DeepMind: The Podcast

Hannah Fry

72

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

73

A Question of Science

The Francis Crick Institute

74

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

75

Let's Learn Everything!

Maximum Fun

76

Wild Times: Wildlife Education

Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante

77

Science Quickly

Scientific American

78

Head Shepherd

Mark Ferguson

79

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

80

This Week in Cardiology

Medscape

81

The Episodic Table of Elements

T. R. Appleton

82

The Supermassive Podcast

The Royal Astronomical Society

83

UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast

Gamut Podcast Network

84

Unexpected Elements

BBC World Service

85

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

86

Deep Dive: MH370, Remastered

Jeff Wise

87

Podcast UFO

Producer: Donna Killeen

88

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

89

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Big Bang Productions Inc.

90

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories

91

PsychTalks

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

92

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

93

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

94

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

95

Discovery

BBC World Service

96

Get Birding

Peanut & Crumb

97

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

98

Mythfits

Pionaire Podcasting

99

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

100

The Michael Shermer Show

Michael Shermer

101

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

102

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo

Bigfoot and Beyond LLC

103

Life Without

BBC Radio 4

104

Reskillience

Catie Payne

105

The House of Pod

Kaveh MD

106

SASQUATCH THEORY

SASQUATCH THEORY

107

The End Of The World with Josh Clark

iHeartPodcasts

108

My Bigfoot Sighting

Vic Cundiff

109

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

iHeartPodcasts

110

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

111

BrainStuff

iHeartPodcasts

112

PBS Space Time

PBS

113

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

AsapSCIENCE

114

Breaking Down: Collapse

Kory & Kellan

115

Real Ghost Stories Online

Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio

116

Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast

Accidental Gods

117

Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

118

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

119

Houston We Have a Podcast

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

120

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121

과학하고 앉아있네

과학하고 앉아있네

122

Cryptids Of The Corn

Cryptids of the Corn Podcast

123

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

124

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh

Atmos

125

Instant Genius

Our Media

126

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

ABC Australia

127

Decouple

Dr. Chris Keefer

128

Ask a Spaceman!

Paul M. Sutter

129

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

130

Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

131

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith

Ben Goldsmith

132

Farmers helping Farmers

Farmers helping Farmers Australia

133

Ask the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith

134

Emonthebrain

Emily McDonald

135

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

136

New Books in Psychoanalysis

Marshall Poe

137

Quirks and Quarks

CBC

138

Outrage + Optimism

Persephonica and Global Optimism

139

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

140

The Amp Hour

The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)

141

La Terre au carré

France Inter

142

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute

143

Terrible Lizards

Iszi Lawrence and David Hone

144

Nocturnal Worlds

Audiocraft

145

Mind & Life

Mind & Life Institute

146

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

147

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

BBC Radio 4

148

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

149

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine

150

Patterns Tell Stories | UFOs & High Strangeness

KLAɄЅ & GΔRRΞTT

151

Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts

High Ash Farm

152

HOLOSKY PODCAST

Holosky Podcast

153

Farming Today

BBC Radio 4

154

Das Wissen | SWR

SWR

155

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

156

The Plodcast

Our Media

157

Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

National Trust

158

The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

159

Why This Universe?

Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

160

The Skeptic Zone

Richard Saunders

161

Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters

Ben Clifford

162

Clinician's Brief: The Podcast

Clinician's Brief

163

Geology Bites: An Earth and Planetary Science Podcast

Oliver Strimpel

164

NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

165

Outside/In

NHPR

166

Nature Sounds Tasmania

Nature Sounds Tasmania

167

EcoFarm Aotearoa

Ewan Campbell with co-host Stephen Brunton

168

The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing

Dr. Hubert Hiemstra

169

Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists

Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson

170

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

171

Lost Women of Science

Lost Women of Science

172

The Numberphile Podcast

Brady Haran

173

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips

Stephanie Keith

174

I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

I KNOW DINO, LLC

175

Ground Truths

Eric Topol

176

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

177

Your Brain On

Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai

178

The Feldman Protocol

Dave Feldman

179

Origin Stories

The Leakey Foundation

180

The Science of Birds

Ivan Phillipsen

181

Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio

Vic Cundiff

182

Infectious Disease Puscast

Vincent Racaniello

183

Manifold

Steve Hsu

184

Safety Third

Safety Third

185

The Climate Question

BBC World Service

186

Paranormal Portal

Brent Thomas

187

La Science CQFD

France Culture

188

Natural Causes

Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

189

ExtinctZoo

ExtinctZoo

190

Brady Heywood Podcast

Sean Brady

191

SciShow Tangents

Complexly

192

The American Birding Podcast

American Birding Association

193

The Sports MAP Network

The Sports Map Network | Nick Kane

194

Science with Sabine

Sabine Hossenfelder

195

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

196

Radiowissen

Bayerischer Rundfunk

197

GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

198

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

199

Every Animal Ever

Dr Cesar Puechmarin, Zach Mander

200

De Universiteit van Nederland Podcast

Universiteit van Nederland

201

UAP Files Podcast

UAP Files Podcast

202

That's Absurd Please Elaborate

Trace Elements Media

203

Mind & Matter

Nick Jikomes

204

B.O.O.G. Bureau

District Podcasts

205

Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters

W.J. Sheehan

206

The Hamilton Morris Podcast

Hamilton Morris

207

Off Track

ABC

208

Curiosity Weekly

Discovery

209

Real Organic Podcast

Real Organic Project

210

Bred to Perfection

Kenny Troiano

211

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

212

History for Sleep

History for Sleep

213

The Seán Chorus

HeadStuff Podcasts

214

Better Brain Fitness with Drs. Josh Turknett and Tommy Wood

Josh Turknett, MD

215

Paramount Importance

Kurt Krispyn

216

Crash Course Pods: The Universe

Crash Course Pods, Complexly

217

跨国串门儿计划

yikai

218

This Week in Space (Audio)

TWiT

219

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Cara Santa Maria

220

Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Robert Sapolsky

221

BirdNote Daily

BirdNote

222

Weirdทยาศาสตร์

Salmon Podcast

223

Robinson's Podcast

Robinson Erhardt

224

iNTO THE FRAY RADIO - Encounters with the Paranormal

Shannon LeGro

225

Are We There Yet?

Central Florida Public Media

226

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

227

The Habitat

Gimlet

228

Found in Space: A Science Podcast for Kids and Teens

Arwen Hubbard

229

Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson

230

Unbiased Science

@unbiasedscipod

231

Just Ecology

Karl Just

232

My Big TOE by Thomas Campbell - Unifying Mind and Matter

Thomas Campbell together with the MBT Volunteers

233

This Week in Parasitism

Vincent Racaniello

234

The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element

Chemistry World

235

The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

236

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

237

Master Brewers Podcast

Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA)

238

MonsterTalk

Blake Smith

239

Tommy Cullum's Let's Get Freaky

Tommy Cullum

240

Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists

241

The Answer Is Transaction Costs

Michael Munger

242

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

243

پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri

nimac

244

Boring Science For Sleep

Sleepless Scientist

245

Immune

Vincent Racaniello

246

Science Fictions

Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie

247

Word on the Reef

Tanya Murphy

248

サイエントーク

レンとエマ

249

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

250

Drilled: Displaced

Pushkin Industries

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