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 14 Jul 2026

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07/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 404

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	24	Megaphone	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	535	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
8	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	473	Megaphone	53
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
11	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
13	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
15	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
16	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
17	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	318	Megaphone	53
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
21	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
22	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	811	BBC	28
23	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1298	Acast	48
25	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
26	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
28	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
29	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
30	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	699	Megaphone	63
31	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
32	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	415	Acast	89
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
34	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
35	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
36	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
37	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
38	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
39	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
41	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
42	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
43	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
44	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
45	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
46	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
47	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	358	BBC	38
48	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
49	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	245	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
51	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
54	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
55	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	373	Transistor	73
56	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
57	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
58	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
59	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
60	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
61	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	400	Transistor	68
62	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
64	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
65	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
66	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
67	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
68	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
69	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
70	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
71	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
72	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
73	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
74	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
75	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
77	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
78	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
79	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
80	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	640	Megaphone	58
81	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
82	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
83	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	687	Megaphone	59
84	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	619	Spreaker	54
85	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
86	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
87	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
88	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	571	Libsyn	68
89	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
90	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
91	Neuroscience: Amateur Hour	Neuroscience: Amateur Hour	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
92	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	478	ABC Australia	32
93	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
94	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
95	Shirtloads of Science	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki	Science	479	Libsyn	48
96	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	142	Libsyn	78
97	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
98	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
99	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
100	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	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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