Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Science

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 Jul 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 440

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
10	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
12	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
15	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
16	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
21	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
22	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
25	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
27	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
28	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	701	Megaphone	63
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
31	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
32	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
35	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
36	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
37	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
38	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
39	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
40	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
41	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
42	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
43	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
44	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
46	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
47	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
48	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	The Animal Heartbeat	Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos	Science	51	Buzzsprout	58
50	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
51	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
52	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
54	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
55	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
56	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
57	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
58	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
59	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
60	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
61	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
62	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
63	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
64	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
65	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
66	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
67	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
68	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
69	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
70	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
71	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
72	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
73	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
74	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
75	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
76	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
77	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
78	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68
79	SOIL: Rewilding the Underground	Freya Mulvey	Science	9	Acast	69
80	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
81	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
82	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
83	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
84	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
85	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
86	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
87	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
88	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
89	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
90	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
91	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
92	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
93	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
95	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
96	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
97	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
98	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
99	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
100	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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