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 Aug 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 401

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (14 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
12	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
15	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
16	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
17	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
19	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
20	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
21	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	19	RSS.com	47
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
23	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
24	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
25	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
26	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
30	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
32	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
34	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
35	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
36	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
37	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
38	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
39	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
40	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
41	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
42	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
43	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
44	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
45	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
46	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
47	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
48	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
49	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
50	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
51	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
52	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
53	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
54	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
55	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	410	Simplecast	43
56	Thames Unfiltered	The Standard	Science	6	Acast	79
57	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
58	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
59	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
60	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
61	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
62	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
63	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
64	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
65	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
66	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
67	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
70	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
71	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
72	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
73	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
74	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
75	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
76	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
77	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
79	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
80	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
81	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
82	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
83	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
84	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
85	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
86	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
88	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
89	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
90	The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	HPS@UniMelb Samara Greenwood	Science	76	Buzzsprout	67
91	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
92	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
93	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
95	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
96	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	643	Megaphone	58
97	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
98	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
99	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
100	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49

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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