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 Sep 2026

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09/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 407

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:02

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
10	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
11	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
12	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
17	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
18	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
19	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
20	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
22	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
24	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
25	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
26	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
29	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
30	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
31	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
33	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
34	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
35	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
37	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
38	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
39	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
40	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
41	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
42	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
43	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
44	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
45	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
46	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
47	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
48	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
49	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
50	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
51	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
52	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
54	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
55	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
56	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
57	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	17
58	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
59	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
60	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
61	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	547	Spreaker	64
62	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
64	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
66	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
67	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
68	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
70	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
71	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
72	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
73	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
74	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
75	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
76	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
78	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
79	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
80	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
81	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
82	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
83	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
84	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28
85	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
87	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
88	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
89	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
90	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
91	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
93	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1558	Simplecast	58
94	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	492	Libsyn	49
95	Brain Inspired	Paul Middlebrooks	Science	160	Unknown	64
96	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
97	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
98	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
99	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
100	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74

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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