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 Nov 2026

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11/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 371

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:22

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
4	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	26	Omny Studio	79
5	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	552	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
14	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
16	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
17	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	361	BBC	38
19	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	91	Buzzsprout	72
20	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	11	Megaphone	63
21	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
22	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1303	Acast	48
25	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
26	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	703	Megaphone	63
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	816	BBC	28
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
30	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
31	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
33	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
34	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
36	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
39	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
41	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
42	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
43	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	21	RSS.com	47
44	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
45	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
46	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
47	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
48	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
49	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1610	Unknown	48
50	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
51	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
52	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
53	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
54	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	812	Acast	59
55	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
56	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
57	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
58	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	96	Audioboom	73
59	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1587	Simplecast	58
60	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
62	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
63	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
64	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
65	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	481	ABC Australia	32
66	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
67	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
68	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
69	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
70	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
71	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
72	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
73	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
74	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
75	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
76	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
77	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
78	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1441	Simplecast	63
79	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
80	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
81	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
82	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
83	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
84	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	652	Spreaker	54
85	In Search of Soil with Diego Footer	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	160	Substack	48
87	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
88	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
89	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	67	Squarespace	48
90	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
91	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
92	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	411	Simplecast	43
93	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
94	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
95	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
96	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
97	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	681	Spreaker	59
99	Masters of the Mind	ALEA	Science	6	Unknown	59
100	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42

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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