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 12 Aug 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 398

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 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	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
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	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
10	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
12	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
13	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
15	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
17	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
18	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
20	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
21	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
24	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
25	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
27	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
28	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
29	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
30	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
31	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
32	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
34	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
35	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
36	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
37	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
38	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
40	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
41	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
42	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
43	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
45	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
46	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
48	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
49	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
50	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
51	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
52	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
53	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
54	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
55	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
56	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
57	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
58	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
59	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
60	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
61	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
62	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	31	RSS.com	52
63	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	547	Spreaker	64
64	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
65	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
66	The Two Jonnies Podcast	jonnyrankin	Science	24	Podbean	52
67	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
68	The Cognition Project	Tom Griffiths	Science	20	Acast	63
69	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
70	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
71	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
72	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
73	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
74	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
75	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
76	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
77	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
78	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
79	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
80	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
81	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
82	Thames Unfiltered	The Standard	Science	6	Acast	79
83	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
84	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
85	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
86	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
87	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
88	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
89	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
90	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
91	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
92	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
93	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
94	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
95	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	630	Megaphone	58
96	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
97	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
98	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
99	Sustainababble	Sustainababble: comedy, nature, climate change.	Earth Sciences	276	N/A	N/A
100	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47

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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