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 Sep 2026

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09/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 403

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. BBC World Service (4 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
5	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
12	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
13	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
17	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
18	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
21	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
22	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
23	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
24	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
25	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
26	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
27	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
29	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
30	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
32	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
34	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
36	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
37	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
38	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
39	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
40	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
41	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
42	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
43	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
45	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
46	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
47	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
48	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
49	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
50	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
51	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
52	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
53	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
54	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
55	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
56	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
57	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
58	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
59	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
60	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
62	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	567	Libsyn	68
65	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
66	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
67	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
68	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
69	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
73	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
74	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	642	Libsyn	58
75	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
76	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
77	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	397	Transistor	68
79	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
80	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
81	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
82	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
83	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
84	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
85	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
86	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
87	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
88	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1411	Simplecast	63
89	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
90	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
91	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
92	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	77	PRX	79
93	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
94	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
96	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	983	Spreaker	53
97	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
98	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
99	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
100	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	24	PRX	69

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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