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 Oct 2026

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10/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	169	BBC	38
4	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
8	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
13	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
14	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
16	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
18	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
19	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
20	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
21	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
23	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
24	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
25	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
26	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
27	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
31	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
32	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
34	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
35	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
36	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	198	Libsyn	62
37	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
38	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
40	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
41	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
42	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
44	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
45	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
46	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
47	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
48	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
49	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	628	Spreaker	54
50	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
51	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
52	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
53	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
54	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
55	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
56	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
57	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
58	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
59	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
60	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
62	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
65	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
66	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
67	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
68	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
69	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
70	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
71	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
72	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
73	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
74	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
75	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
76	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
77	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
78	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
79	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
80	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
81	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
82	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
83	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
84	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
85	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
86	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
87	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
88	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	992	Spreaker	53
89	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
90	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	571	Libsyn	68
91	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
92	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
93	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
94	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
95	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
96	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
97	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
98	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
99	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
100	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49

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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