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 08 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:42

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Acast (9 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	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
11	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
14	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
17	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
20	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
24	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
25	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
26	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
27	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
28	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
29	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
30	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
31	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
33	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
34	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
35	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
36	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
37	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
38	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
39	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
40	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
41	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
42	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
43	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
44	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
45	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
46	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
47	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
48	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
49	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
50	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
51	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
52	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
53	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
54	Thames Unfiltered	The Standard	Science	6	Acast	79
55	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
56	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
57	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
58	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
59	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
60	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
61	The Session with Tom Swarbrick	Global	Science	58	Captivate	32
62	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
63	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
64	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
65	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
66	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
67	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
68	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
69	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
70	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
71	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
72	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
73	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
74	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
76	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
77	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
78	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
79	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
80	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
81	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
82	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
83	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
85	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
86	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
87	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	116	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
90	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
91	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
92	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
93	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
94	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
95	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
96	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
97	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
98	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	492	Libsyn	49
99	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
100	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38

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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