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 21 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 395

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Acast (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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
10	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	12	RSS.com	47
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
12	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
15	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	467	Megaphone	53
17	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	334	Acast	49
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
21	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
23	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
24	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
25	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
26	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
29	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
30	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
32	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
33	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
34	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
35	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
36	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
37	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
38	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
39	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
40	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
41	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
42	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	551	Spreaker	64
43	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
44	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
45	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
46	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
47	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
48	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
49	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
50	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
51	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
52	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
53	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
55	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
56	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
57	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	678	Megaphone	59
58	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
59	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
60	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
61	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
62	Soil Matters	The British Society of Soil Science	Science	10	Simplecast	69
63	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	23	PRX	69
64	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
65	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
67	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
68	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
69	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
71	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
72	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
73	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
74	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1584	Unknown	48
75	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
76	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
77	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
78	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
79	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
80	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
81	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
82	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
83	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
84	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
85	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
86	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
87	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1405	Simplecast	63
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
89	Safe Aerospace Podcast	Americans for Safe Aerospace	Science	3	Transistor	58
90	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
91	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
92	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
93	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
94	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
95	Your Brain On	Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai	Science	69	Libsyn	68
96	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	74	Libsyn	53
97	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
98	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
99	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	668	Spreaker	59
100	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32

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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