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 19 Aug 2026

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08/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:41

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (14 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
10	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
15	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
16	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
21	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
22	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
23	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	806	BBC	28
26	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
27	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
28	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
30	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
31	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	14	RSS.com	47
32	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
33	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
35	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
36	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
37	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
39	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
40	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
41	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
42	Climate Actually	Kimberly Nicholas	Science	3	Captivate	69
43	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
45	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
46	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
47	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
48	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
49	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
50	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
52	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
53	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
54	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
55	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
56	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
57	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
58	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
59	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
60	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	585	Spreaker	54
61	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
62	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
63	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
64	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
65	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
66	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
68	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
69	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
70	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
71	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
74	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
75	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
76	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
77	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
78	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
79	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
80	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
81	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
82	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
83	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
84	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	682	Megaphone	59
85	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
86	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
87	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
88	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
89	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
90	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
91	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
92	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
93	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
94	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
95	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
96	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
97	PBS Space Time	PBS	Science	250	Megaphone	53
98	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
99	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
100	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	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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