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 11 Jul 2026

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07/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
12	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
19	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
21	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
22	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
23	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
25	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
26	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
27	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
28	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
29	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
30	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
31	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
35	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
37	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
38	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
39	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
40	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
41	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
42	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
43	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
44	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
45	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
46	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
47	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
48	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
50	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
51	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
52	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
53	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
54	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
55	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
56	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
57	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
58	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
59	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
61	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
65	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
66	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
67	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
68	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
69	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
70	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
71	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
72	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
73	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
75	UAP Files Podcast	UAP Files Podcast	Science	224	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
77	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
78	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
79	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
80	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
81	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
82	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
83	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
84	BatChat	Bat Conservation Trust	Science	83	Buzzsprout	83
85	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
86	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
87	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
88	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
89	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
90	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
91	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
92	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
93	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
94	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
95	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
96	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	158	Substack	48
97	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
98	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
99	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
100	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	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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