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 07 Aug 2026

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08/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
11	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
13	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
15	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
23	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
26	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
27	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
28	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
30	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
31	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
32	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
34	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
35	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
36	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
37	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
38	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
39	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
40	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
41	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
42	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
43	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
44	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
46	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
47	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
48	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
49	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
50	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
51	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
53	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
54	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
55	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
56	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
57	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
59	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
60	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
61	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
62	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
63	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
64	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
65	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
66	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
67	Thames Unfiltered	The Standard	Science	6	Acast	79
68	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
69	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
70	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
72	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
73	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
74	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
75	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
76	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
77	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
78	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
79	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
80	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
81	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
82	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	119	Soundcloud	42
83	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
84	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
85	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	492	Libsyn	49
86	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
87	The Session with Tom Swarbrick	Global	Science	58	Captivate	32
88	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
89	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
90	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
91	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
92	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
93	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
94	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
95	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
96	Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	3	Soundcloud	32
97	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
99	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
100	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41

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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