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 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. The British Psychological Society Research Digest (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
3	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
5	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
14	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
16	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	96	Megaphone	63
17	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	24	Megaphone	48
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	358	BBC	38
21	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	9	Megaphone	53
22	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	473	Megaphone	53
23	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
24	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	698	Megaphone	63
25	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
26	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
27	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
28	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	811	BBC	28
31	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
32	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
34	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
35	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
36	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	68
37	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
39	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
40	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1298	Acast	48
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
42	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	415	Acast	89
43	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
45	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
46	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
47	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
48	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
49	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
50	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1576	Simplecast	58
51	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
52	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
53	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	478	ABC Australia	32
54	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	617	Spreaker	54
55	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
56	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
57	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	301	Acast	43
58	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
59	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1427	Simplecast	63
60	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	687	Megaphone	59
61	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
62	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
63	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	17	RSS.com	47
64	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
65	Outdoors with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust	Yorkshire Wildlife Trust	Science	2	Buzzsprout	47
66	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
67	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
68	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
69	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
70	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	16	Megaphone	73
71	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
72	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	497	Libsyn	49
73	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	111	Buzzsprout	69
74	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
75	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
77	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	244	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
80	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
81	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
82	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	810	Acast	59
83	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
84	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
85	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
86	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	857	BBC	28
87	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
88	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
89	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
90	The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology	Sebastian Hassinger	Science	114	Transistor	58
91	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	400	Transistor	68
92	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	748	Megaphone	63
93	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	53	BBC	43
94	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42
95	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
96	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
97	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
98	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
99	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	142	Libsyn	78
100	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	677	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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