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 13 Aug 2026

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08/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

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

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Peanut & Crumb (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	552	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
8	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
12	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
13	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	21	RSS.com	47
18	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
19	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
20	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
21	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	340	Acast	49
22	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
23	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	91	Buzzsprout	72
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
26	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1303	Acast	48
28	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1587	Simplecast	58
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
31	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
32	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
33	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
34	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
35	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	703	Megaphone	63
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
37	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	816	BBC	28
38	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	859	Omny Studio	48
41	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	الیاس گرجی	Science	29	Spreaker	53
42	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
43	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
44	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	361	BBC	38
45	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
46	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
47	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
48	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
49	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
50	Thames Unfiltered	The Standard	Science	6	Acast	79
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1610	Unknown	48
52	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	129	Soundcloud	38
53	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
54	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
55	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	96	Audioboom	73
56	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
57	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
58	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
59	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
62	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
63	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
64	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	33	RSS.com	47
65	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	375	PRX	53
68	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
69	پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri	nimac	Science	353	Castbox	42
70	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
71	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
72	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
73	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
74	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
75	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
76	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
77	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
78	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
79	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
80	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
81	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	53	Podbean	62
82	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
83	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	26	Omny Studio	79
84	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
85	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	652	Spreaker	54
86	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	605	ART19	42
87	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
88	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
89	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
90	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	403	Transistor	68
91	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
92	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
93	The Two Jonnies Podcast	jonnyrankin	Science	25	Podbean	52
94	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
96	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
97	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
98	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
99	Living Planet	DW	Science	500	Unknown	48
100	The Cognition Project	Tom Griffiths	Science	20	Acast	63

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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