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 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:45:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
6	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
10	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
12	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
15	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
18	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1299	Acast	48
19	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
20	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
21	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
22	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
26	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
27	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
30	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
31	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
33	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
34	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
35	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
36	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
37	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
38	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
40	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
41	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
42	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
44	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
45	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
46	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
47	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
48	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
51	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
53	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
54	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	626	Spreaker	54
55	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
56	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
57	Storying Water	Ellen Wiles	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
59	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
60	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
61	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
62	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
63	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	992	Spreaker	53
64	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
65	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
66	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
67	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
70	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
71	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
72	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
73	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	571	Libsyn	68
74	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
75	My Pocket Psych	Dr. Richard A. MacKinnon	Science	235	Libsyn	58
76	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
77	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
78	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
79	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
80	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
81	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
82	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
83	The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing	Dr. Hubert Hiemstra	Science	214	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
85	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
86	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
87	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
88	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
89	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
90	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
91	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
92	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
93	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
94	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
95	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
96	Shirtloads of Science	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki	Science	479	Libsyn	48
97	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
98	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
99	Okay, But... Birds	Dr. Scott Taylor	Science	46	Unknown	89
100	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59

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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