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 09 Sep 2026

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09/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:57

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
8	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
9	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
10	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
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	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
16	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
17	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
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	51	Simplecast	62
25	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
27	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
30	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
31	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
32	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
35	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
36	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
37	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
38	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	58	Transistor	58
39	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
40	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
41	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
42	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
43	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
44	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
45	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
48	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
49	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
50	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
51	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
52	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
53	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
54	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
55	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
56	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
58	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
59	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
60	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
61	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
62	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
63	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
64	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
66	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
67	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
69	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
70	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
72	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
73	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
74	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
75	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
76	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
77	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
78	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
79	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
81	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
82	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
83	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
84	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
85	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
87	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
88	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
89	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
90	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
91	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
92	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
93	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
94	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
95	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
96	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
97	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
98	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
99	Big Biology	Cameron Ghalambor and Marty Martin	Science	182	Substack	53
100	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37

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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