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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 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. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
12	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
13	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1293	Acast	48
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
15	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
16	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
17	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
19	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	7	Megaphone	63
20	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
21	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
23	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
25	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
26	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
27	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	806	BBC	28
28	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
30	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
32	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
34	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
35	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
36	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
37	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
38	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
39	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
40	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
41	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	14	RSS.com	47
42	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
43	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
44	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1567	Simplecast	58
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
46	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
47	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
48	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
49	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
50	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	583	Spreaker	54
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
52	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
53	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	238	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
55	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
56	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
57	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
58	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
59	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1592	Unknown	48
60	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
61	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
62	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
63	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
64	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
65	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
66	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
67	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
68	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
69	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
70	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
71	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
72	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
73	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43
74	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	64	Squarespace	48
75	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
76	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
77	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
79	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
80	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
82	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
83	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
84	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
85	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1415	Simplecast	63
86	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
87	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
88	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
89	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
90	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
91	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
92	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
93	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
94	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
95	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
96	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
97	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
98	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
99	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
100	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63

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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