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 Sep 2026

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09/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
8	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
9	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
11	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
18	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	58	Transistor	58
19	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
20	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
21	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
24	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
25	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
27	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
28	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
30	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
31	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
32	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
33	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
34	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
35	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
37	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
38	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
39	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
40	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
42	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
43	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
44	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
45	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
46	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
47	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
48	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
49	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
50	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
51	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
52	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
53	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
54	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
55	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
56	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
57	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
58	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
59	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
60	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
61	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
62	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
65	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
66	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
67	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
68	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
70	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
71	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
72	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
73	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
74	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
75	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
76	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
77	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
78	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
79	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
80	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
81	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
82	Shirtloads of Science	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki	Science	476	Libsyn	48
83	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
84	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
85	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
86	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
87	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
88	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
89	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
90	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
91	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
92	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
93	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
94	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
95	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
96	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
97	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	119	Soundcloud	42
98	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
99	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
100	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42

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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