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 23 Jul 2026

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07/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Our Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
3	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	14	RSS.com	47
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
12	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
15	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
22	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
23	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
24	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
25	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
27	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
29	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
30	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
32	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
33	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
35	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
36	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
37	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
38	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
39	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
40	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
41	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
42	Elmley Sound Space	Elmley Soundscape	Science	8	Transistor	58
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
44	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
45	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
46	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
47	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
48	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
49	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
50	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	25	PRX	69
51	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
52	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
53	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
54	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
55	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
56	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
57	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
58	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
59	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
60	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
61	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
64	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	7	Acast	74
65	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
66	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
67	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
68	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
69	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
70	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
71	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
72	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
73	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
75	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
76	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
77	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
78	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
79	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
80	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
81	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
82	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
83	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
85	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
86	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
88	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
89	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
90	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
91	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	18	Megaphone	58
92	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
93	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
94	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
95	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
96	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
97	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
98	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
99	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
100	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43

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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