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 10 sept. 2026

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09/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 335

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
10	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
13	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
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	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
18	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
19	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
20	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
21	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
24	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
25	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
26	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
27	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
28	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
30	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
32	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
36	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
37	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
38	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
39	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
40	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
42	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
43	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
44	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
45	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
46	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	58	Transistor	58
47	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
48	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
51	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
53	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
54	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
55	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
56	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
58	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
59	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
61	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
62	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
63	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
64	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
65	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
67	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
68	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
70	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
71	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
72	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
73	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
74	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
75	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
76	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
77	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
80	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
81	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28
82	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
83	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
84	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
85	Probation Perspectives: Insights into Community Justice	Community Justice Learning	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	31	RSS.com	52
87	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
88	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
89	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
90	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
91	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
92	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
94	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
95	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
96	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
97	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
98	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
99	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	157	Substack	48
100	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48

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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