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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:46:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Acast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
5	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
11	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
13	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
14	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
17	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
18	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
19	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
20	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
21	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
23	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
27	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
29	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
30	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
31	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
33	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
34	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1299	Acast	48
35	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
37	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
39	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
40	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
41	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
42	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
43	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
44	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
45	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
46	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
47	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
48	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	626	Spreaker	54
49	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
50	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
51	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
52	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
53	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
54	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
55	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
56	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
57	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
59	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
60	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
61	Outdoors with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust	Yorkshire Wildlife Trust	Science	3	Buzzsprout	47
62	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	303	Acast	43
63	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
64	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
65	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
66	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
70	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
72	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
73	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
74	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
75	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
77	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
78	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
79	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
80	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
81	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
82	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
83	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
84	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
85	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
86	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
87	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
88	Science of Perception Box	Unlikely Collaborators \| Pod People	Science	22	Megaphone	58
89	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
90	Facts Machine	Facts Machine	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
92	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
93	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
94	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
95	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
96	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
97	Голый землекоп	libo/libo	Science	72	Transistor	94
98	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
99	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
100	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43

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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