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 16 juil. 2026

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07/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:56

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	20	Megaphone	58
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
13	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
16	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	468	Megaphone	53
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
21	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
24	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
25	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
27	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
28	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1290	Acast	48
29	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
31	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
32	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
33	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
34	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
35	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
37	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
38	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
41	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	119	Soundcloud	42
42	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
43	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
45	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
47	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
48	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
49	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
52	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
53	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
54	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
56	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
57	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	511	BBC	48
58	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
59	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
60	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
61	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
62	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
63	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
64	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	553	Spreaker	64
65	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
66	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
67	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
68	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
69	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
70	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
71	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
72	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
73	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
74	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
75	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	12	RSS.com	47
76	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
77	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
78	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
79	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
80	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Americans for Safe Aerospace	Science	3	Transistor	58
81	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
82	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1406	Simplecast	63
83	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
84	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
85	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
86	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
87	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
88	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
89	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
90	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	678	Megaphone	59
91	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
92	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
93	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
94	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	467	BBC	28
96	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
97	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
98	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
99	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
100	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	344	BBC	38

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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