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 Sep 2026

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09/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 400

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:38

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
4	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
5	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
11	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
14	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
16	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
18	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
19	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
20	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
21	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
23	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
25	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
26	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
28	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
29	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
30	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
32	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
33	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
34	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
35	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
36	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
37	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
38	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
40	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
41	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
42	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
43	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
44	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
45	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
48	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
49	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
50	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
51	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
52	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
53	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
54	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
55	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
56	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
57	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
58	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
59	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
60	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
61	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
62	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
63	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	397	Transistor	68
64	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	632nm	Misha Shalaginov, Michael Dubrovsky, Xinghui Yin	Science	59	Transistor	58
66	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
67	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	457	Spreaker	59
68	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
69	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
70	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
71	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
72	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
73	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
74	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
75	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
76	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
77	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
78	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1411	Simplecast	63
79	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
80	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
81	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
82	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1564	Simplecast	58
83	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	567	Libsyn	68
84	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
85	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
86	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	44	Libsyn	53
87	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
89	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
90	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
91	Wild Times: Wildlife Education	Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante	Science	211	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
93	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
94	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
95	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
96	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
97	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
98	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
99	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
100	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42

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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