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 22 Aug 2026

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08/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:13

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	79	PRX	79
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	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
10	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
13	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
14	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
15	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	9	Omny Studio	69
16	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
17	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
18	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
20	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
21	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
24	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
25	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
26	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
27	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	7	Megaphone	63
28	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
29	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
30	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
31	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
32	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
34	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
35	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
36	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
37	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
38	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
39	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
40	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
41	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
42	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	14	RSS.com	47
43	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
44	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
45	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
46	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
47	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
48	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
49	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
50	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
51	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
52	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
53	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	682	Megaphone	59
55	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
56	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
58	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
59	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
62	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
63	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
64	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
65	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
67	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
68	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
69	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
70	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
71	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
72	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
73	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
74	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
75	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
76	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
77	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
78	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
79	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
80	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
81	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
82	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
83	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
84	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
85	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
86	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
87	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
88	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
89	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
90	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
91	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
92	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
93	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
94	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
95	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
96	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
97	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
98	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
99	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
100	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	18	Megaphone	58

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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