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 17 Jul 2026

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07/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:44:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (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	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
6	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
14	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	468	Megaphone	53
16	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
18	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	12	RSS.com	47
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
21	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
22	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
24	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
29	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
30	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
31	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
32	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1290	Acast	48
33	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
34	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
35	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
36	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
37	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
38	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
40	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
41	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
42	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
43	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
45	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
46	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	119	Soundcloud	42
47	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
48	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
50	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
51	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
52	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
53	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
54	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
55	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	264	Omny Studio	63
56	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
57	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
58	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
59	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
60	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
61	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
62	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
63	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
64	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
65	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
66	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
67	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
68	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
69	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
70	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
71	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
72	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
73	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
74	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	553	Spreaker	64
75	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
76	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Americans for Safe Aerospace	Science	3	Transistor	58
77	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
78	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
79	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	660	Megaphone	32
80	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1560	Simplecast	58
81	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
82	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
83	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
84	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
85	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
86	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1406	Simplecast	63
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
88	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
89	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
90	BatChat	Bat Conservation Trust	Science	83	Buzzsprout	83
91	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
92	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
93	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
94	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
96	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
97	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	467	BBC	28
98	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
99	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	121	Buzzsprout	48
100	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48

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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