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 Sep 2026

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09/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 398

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
7	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
10	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
13	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
14	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
17	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
18	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
20	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
23	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
24	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
25	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
26	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
27	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
30	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
31	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
33	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
34	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
35	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
36	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
37	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
38	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
40	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
41	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
43	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
45	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
46	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
47	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
48	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
49	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
50	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
51	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
52	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
53	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
54	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
55	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
56	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
57	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
58	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
59	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
60	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
61	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
62	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
63	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
64	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
65	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
66	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
67	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
68	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
70	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
71	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
72	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
73	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
74	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
75	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
76	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1411	Simplecast	63
77	Shirtloads of Science	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki	Science	477	Libsyn	48
78	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
79	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
80	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
81	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
82	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
83	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
84	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
85	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
86	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
87	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	50	BBC	43
88	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
89	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
90	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1340	Megaphone	58
91	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
92	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
93	The Rewild Podcast	James Shooter	Science	19	Podbean	52
94	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
95	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
96	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
97	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
98	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
99	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
100	Science Quickly	Scientific American	Science	1971	Megaphone	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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