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 04 Jul 2026

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07/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:09

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Our Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
16	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
17	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
21	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
27	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
29	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
30	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
32	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
33	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
34	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
35	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
37	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
40	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
41	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
43	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
44	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
45	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
46	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	628	Spreaker	54
48	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
49	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
50	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
51	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
52	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
53	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
55	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
56	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
57	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
58	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
59	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
60	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
61	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
62	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
63	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
64	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
65	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
66	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	SOIL: Rewilding the Underground	Freya Mulvey	Science	9	Acast	69
69	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
70	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
71	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
72	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
73	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
74	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
75	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
76	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
78	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
79	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
80	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
81	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
82	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
83	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
84	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
85	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
86	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
87	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
88	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
89	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
90	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
91	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
92	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
93	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
94	Space & Sexuality	Joe Jukes	Science	9	Spreaker	84
95	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
96	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
97	The Rewild Podcast	James Shooter	Science	19	Podbean	52
98	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
99	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
100	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73

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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