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 02 Jul 2026

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07/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:32

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Synthetic Universe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (10 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	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
9	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
10	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
11	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
20	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
21	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
23	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
25	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
26	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
27	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
29	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
31	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
33	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	701	Megaphone	63
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
35	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
36	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
37	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
38	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
39	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
40	SOIL: Rewilding the Underground	Freya Mulvey	Science	9	Acast	69
41	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
42	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
43	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
46	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
47	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
48	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
51	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
52	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
54	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
55	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
56	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
57	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
58	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
59	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
60	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
61	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
62	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
63	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
64	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
65	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
66	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
69	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
70	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
71	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
72	The Animal Heartbeat	Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos	Science	51	Buzzsprout	58
73	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
74	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
75	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
76	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
77	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
78	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
79	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
80	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
81	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
82	The Quark Side - Quantum Physics Podcast	Synthetic Universe	Science	147	Spreaker	38
83	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
84	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
85	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
86	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
87	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
89	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
90	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
91	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
92	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
93	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
94	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
95	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
96	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
97	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	480	Megaphone	63
98	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
99	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
100	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89

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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