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 15 Jul 2026

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07/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 406

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:26

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	97	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1149	BBC	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	23	Megaphone	58
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
5	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1137	Simplecast	62
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	530	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	240	BBC	38
10	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	472	Megaphone	53
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	167	BBC	38
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
16	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	12	BBC	43
17	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	673	BBC	38
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
21	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
23	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1297	Acast	48
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
25	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	50	Podbean	62
26	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	697	Megaphone	63
28	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
29	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	810	BBC	28
31	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
33	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
34	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	414	Acast	89
35	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	358	BBC	38
36	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	853	Omny Studio	48
38	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
39	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
40	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	514	BBC	48
41	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	159	Buzzsprout	48
42	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
43	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
44	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
45	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
46	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
47	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	243	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
51	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	408	Simplecast	43
52	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	318	BBC	38
53	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
54	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	609	Spreaker	54
55	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
56	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
58	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
59	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
60	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
61	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
64	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
65	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	119	N/A	N/A
66	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
67	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
68	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	747	Megaphone	63
69	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1425	Simplecast	63
70	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
71	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
72	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	400	Transistor	68
73	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	857	BBC	28
74	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
75	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
76	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1598	Unknown	48
77	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
78	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
79	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	347	BBC	38
80	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	675	Spreaker	59
81	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
83	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
84	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	663	Megaphone	32
85	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
86	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
87	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
88	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	685	Megaphone	59
89	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
90	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	128	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
92	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
93	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	388	Podbean	41
94	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
95	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
96	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
97	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	89	ART19	52
98	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
99	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	644	Libsyn	58
100	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	223	Simplecast	58

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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