Top Science Podcasts in Australia

The latest Apple Podcasts Science chart for Australia, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 23, 2026.

1

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

2

Dr Karl Podcast

triplej

3

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

4

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

5

Science Friction

ABC Australia

6

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

7

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

8

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

9

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

10

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

The Roost Podcast Network

11

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

12

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

13

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

14

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

15

Weekend Birder

Kirsty Costa

16

The Science Show

ABC Australia

17

Curious Cases

BBC Radio 4

18

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

BBC Radio 4

19

What The Duck?!

ABC Australia

20

Science Weekly

The Guardian

21

Unexplainable

Vox

22

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

23

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

Sean Carroll

24

BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

25

Shirtloads of Science

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

26

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

27

The World, the Universe and Us

New Scientist

28

Babbage from The Economist

The Economist

29

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

30

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

31

Nature Sounds

ABC

32

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

33

Short Wave

NPR

34

The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

35

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

36

Discovery

BBC World Service

37

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

Stuart Gary

38

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

39

PsychTalks

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

40

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

41

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

42

Life Without

BBC Radio 4

43

A Question of Science

The Francis Crick Institute

44

Bedtime Astronomy

Synthetic Universe

45

The Supermassive Podcast

The Royal Astronomical Society

46

Change Your Mind with New Scientist

New Scientist

47

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

48

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh

Atmos

49

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

50

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

51

Robinson's Podcast

Robinson Erhardt

52

Death by Birding

Dr Cesar Puechmarin

53

Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

54

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

55

Google DeepMind: The Podcast

Hannah Fry

56

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

57

Head Shepherd

Mark Ferguson

58

Get Birding

Peanut & Crumb

59

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

60

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

61

Off Track

ABC

62

Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

63

The Science of Birds

Ivan Phillipsen

64

BrainStuff

iHeartPodcasts

65

Astrum Space

Astrum

66

Outrage + Optimism

Persephonica and Global Optimism

67

The House of Pod

Kaveh MD

68

Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

69

Houston We Have a Podcast

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

70

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

John Kempf

71

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

72

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

73

Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing

Merraki Media LLC

74

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

75

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

76

Atomic Adventures

Jess Sharpe

77

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

78

The Astrophysics Podcast

Paul Duffell

79

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

80

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

81

Drilled

Pushkin Industries

82

The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4

83

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

84

Unexpected Elements

BBC World Service

85

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

86

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

87

Emonthebrain

Emily McDonald

88

Science Quickly

Scientific American

89

MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment

Jasper Manders

90

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

91

Breaking Down: Collapse

Kory & Kellan

92

CrowdScience

BBC World Service

93

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

94

The Seán Chorus

HeadStuff Podcasts

95

The Quanta Podcast

Quanta Magazine

96

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

97

Soils For Life

Soils For Life

98

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

99

Paramount Importance

Kurt Krispyn

100

The Michael Shermer Show

Michael Shermer

101

Why This Universe?

Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

102

Human Potential Lab

Scott Barry Kaufman

103

Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews

Mysterious Radio

104

Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters

Ben Clifford

105

How We're Wired

The Bertarelli Foundation

106

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

107

NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

108

The End Of The World with Josh Clark

iHeartPodcasts

109

Feral by Design | The Biomimicry Podcast

Pia Williams

110

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss

Lawrence M. Krauss

111

Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast

Accidental Gods

112

CSIRO presents: Everyday AI

CSIRO

113

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

114

Real Ghost Stories Online

Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio

115

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Theories of Everything

116

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

117

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

iHeartPodcasts

118

Big Shift For Small Farms - Australian Agriculture and Regenerative Farming

NSW Local Land Services

119

Big Shift For Small Farms - Australian Agriculture and Regenerative Farming

NSW Local Land Services

120

Naturebang

BBC Radio 4

121

Scotland Outdoors

BBC Radio Scotland

122

Branch Out

Botanic Gardens of Sydney

123

I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

I KNOW DINO, LLC

124

Let's Learn Everything!

Maximum Fun

125

Instant Genius

Our Media

126

Wild Times: Wildlife Education

Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante

127

632nm

Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin

128

UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast

Gamut Podcast Network

129

Nocturnal Worlds

Audiocraft

130

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

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

131

Ancient Aliens

PodcastOne

132

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

133

It Starts With...

ConnectSci

134

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

135

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

136

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Yale University

137

New Books in Psychoanalysis

Marshall Poe

138

Crash Course Pods: The Universe

Crash Course Pods, Complexly

139

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

140

NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

141

Nature Sounds Tasmania

Nature Sounds Tasmania

142

SOIL: Rewilding the Underground

Freya Mulvey

143

ecoFuturists

With Andy Lowe | Supported by the Environment Institute | Adelaide University

144

Finding Melbourne's Nature

Finding Melbourne's Nature

145

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

146

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter

147

Origin Stories

The Leakey Foundation

148

La Science CQFD

France Culture

149

Astronomy Cast

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

150

Lifeworlds

Alexa Firmenich

151

From Our Neurons to Yours

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler

152

Manifold

Steve Hsu

153

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)

154

GRDC Podcast

Grains Research and Development Corporation

155

SciShow Tangents

Complexly

156

Astronomy Daily: Latest Space News

bitesz.com

157

Biotech Hangout

Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more

158

The Soil Health Hub Podcast

Soil Health Hub

159

Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6

A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative

160

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith

Ben Goldsmith

161

Oceanography | Marine Science and Ocean Stories

Pine Forest Media | Environmental Science Podcasts

162

Star Diary

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

163

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast

Chris and Jesse

164

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

165

How To Protect The Ocean

Andrew Lewin

166

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine

167

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

Faber and Faber

168

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

169

The Parkinson's Podcast

Davis Phinney Foundation

170

Neuroscience of Coaching

Mirasee FM

171

The Numberphile Podcast

Brady Haran

172

Friday Science Bites

Friday Science Bites

173

Quantitude

Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran

174

Messy Social Work

Rich and Tim

175

Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson

176

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

ABC Australia

177

Wissen Weekly

Spotify Studios

178

ExtinctZoo

ExtinctZoo

179

Sci Guys

The Sci Guys

180

Ask a Spaceman!

Paul M. Sutter

181

Cheap Astronomy Podcasts

Steve Nerlich

182

100 Climate Conversations

Powerhouse

183

果壳时间

果壳

184

Reskillience

Catie Payne

185

Big Sky Country

Bush Heritage Australia

186

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

187

The Systemic Way

Sezer and Julie

188

Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History

Dylan Wilmeth

189

Clinician's Brief: The Podcast

Clinician's Brief

190

Rockhound Talk LIVE

Amber Nichole & Ben Chorn

191

Swansea University Medical School: Neuroscience

Dr Phil Newton & Dr Samuel Webster

192

GEMCAST

Christina Shenvi

193

Why Do We Do That?

BBC Radio 4

194

NASA ScienceCasts

NASA Science

195

Let's Talk SciComm

Unimelb SciComm

196

Mythfits

Pionaire Podcasting

197

Geology and Geophysics

Yale University

198

The Resilience Project

Resilience Project

199

Plane Crash Diaries

Desmond Latham

200

The International Security Podcast

International Security

201

CottonInfo: Crop to Top

CottonInfo

202

Food Safety Matters

Food Safety Magazine

203

Psychedelic Brain Science

Psychedelic Brain Science

204

Living With Autism

La Trobe University

205

ミモリラジオ-自然の面白さを聴く

MIMORI

206

Criminal Behaviorology

Timothy Joseph

207

Improbable Research

Marc Abrahams

208

Facing It

Jennifer Atkinson

209

Vita eterna. Risposte dalla scienza - Italiano | Dottor Manuel Sans Segarra

Manuel Sans Segarra - Italiano

210

International Journal of Stroke

International Journal of Stroke

211

Re:Energise from ESB

ESB

212

Currents in sustainability

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

213

バイオステーションポッドキャスト Bio-station Podcast

Biostation

214

The Coaching Kool-Aid

Renée Lockwood and Melanie Weeks

215

Breeders Blueprint

Kelvin Cochrane

216

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

217

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

218

The Climate Question

BBC World Service

219

Ri Science Podcast

The Royal Institution

220

Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C

Planet B Productions

221

My Bigfoot Sighting

Vic Cundiff

222

科學好好聽

Kyle Huang

223

Lab Notes

Lab Notes

224

The Plodcast

Our Media

225

The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing

Dr. Hubert Hiemstra

226

BioCentury This Week

BioCentury

227

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

228

Just Ecology

Karl Just

229

聽起來很科學

台灣科學人股份有限公司

230

UAP Files Podcast

UAP Files Podcast

231

The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

232

The Biotech Startups Podcast

Excedr

233

Clinically Thinking

Clinically Thinking

234

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

AsapSCIENCE

235

The Weather That Changed Us

ABC Australia

236

Every Animal Ever

Dr Cesar Puechmarin, Zach Mander

237

Totally Cooked: The Climate & Weather Podcast

ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather

238

Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast

Kade Moir

239

Safety Third

Safety Third

240

Transnatural Perspectives Podcast

The Transnatural Perspectives Podcast

241

Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Robert Sapolsky

242

Elements

BBC World Service

243

Outside/In

NHPR

244

The Awe Struck Podcast

Jess Fairfax

245

Mind & Life

Mind & Life Institute

246

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

Tony Santore

247

People Helping Nature Podcast

Conservation Amplified

248

Everything Hertz

Dan Quintana

249

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

250

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Sophie_ss

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