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 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
3	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
5	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
10	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
12	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
13	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
16	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
19	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
20	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
21	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
27	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
28	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
29	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
30	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
31	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
32	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
33	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
34	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
35	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
36	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
37	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
38	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
39	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
40	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
41	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
42	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
43	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
44	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
45	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
46	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
47	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
48	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
49	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
50	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
52	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
53	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
54	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
55	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
56	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
57	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
58	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
59	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
60	The House of Pod	Kaveh MD	Science	303	Acast	43
61	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
62	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	628	Spreaker	54
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
65	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
66	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
67	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
68	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
69	Atomic Adventures	Jess Sharpe	Science	22	Podbean	42
70	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
71	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
72	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	447	Spreaker	54
73	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1432	Simplecast	63
74	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	303	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
76	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	265	Captivate	79
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
78	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
79	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
80	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
81	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
82	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
83	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
84	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	461	Spreaker	59
85	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
86	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
87	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
88	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
89	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
90	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
91	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
92	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
93	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
94	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
95	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
96	Different by Nature	Hannah Sayers	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
98	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
100	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68

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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