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 06 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:49

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 (18 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	522	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
8	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
14	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
15	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	96	Megaphone	63
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
17	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
18	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
19	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	7	Megaphone	63
20	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
21	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
22	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
24	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
25	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1295	Acast	48
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	695	Megaphone	63
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
30	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	314	Megaphone	53
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
33	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	357	BBC	38
34	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
35	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
37	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
38	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
39	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
40	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
41	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
42	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	593	Spreaker	54
43	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	369	Transistor	73
44	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
45	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	851	Omny Studio	48
46	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
47	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	240	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	68
49	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	736	BBC	28
50	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
51	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
52	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
53	Stroud's Wild Valleys	Al Booth	Science	2	Acast	63
54	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
55	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
56	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
57	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1594	Unknown	48
58	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
59	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
60	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
61	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
62	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
63	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1570	Simplecast	58
64	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
65	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
66	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
67	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	856	BBC	28
68	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	474	Megaphone	63
69	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
70	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	14	RSS.com	47
71	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
72	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
73	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
74	Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill	Newstalk	Science	260	Sharpstream	32
75	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
76	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
77	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
78	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
79	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
80	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
81	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
82	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
83	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
84	Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	3	Soundcloud	32
85	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
86	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	459	Spreaker	59
87	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
88	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
89	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
90	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
91	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
92	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
93	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
94	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	440	Spreaker	54
95	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
96	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	399	Transistor	68
97	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
98	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
99	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	128	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79

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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