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 Aug 2026

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08/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:52

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. Persephonica and Global Optimism (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
9	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
13	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
15	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
18	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
19	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
20	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
24	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	129	Soundcloud	38
25	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
27	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
28	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
29	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
31	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
32	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
33	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
34	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
35	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
37	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
38	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
39	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
40	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
41	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
42	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
43	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
44	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
45	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
46	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
48	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
49	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
50	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
51	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
53	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
54	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
55	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
56	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
57	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
58	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
59	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
60	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
61	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
62	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
63	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	628	Spreaker	54
64	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
65	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
67	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
68	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
69	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
70	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
71	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
72	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	الیاس گرجی	Science	29	Spreaker	53
73	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
74	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
75	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
76	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
77	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
78	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
79	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
80	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
81	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
82	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
83	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	94	Audioboom	73
84	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
85	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
86	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	12	Omny Studio	69
87	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	447	Spreaker	54
88	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
89	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
90	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
91	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
92	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
93	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
94	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
95	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
96	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
97	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
98	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
99	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
100	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59

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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