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 24 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 406

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:42

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	513	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
9	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
10	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
11	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
15	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
19	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
20	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
21	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
22	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
24	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
25	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
26	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
28	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
30	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
31	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
32	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
33	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
35	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
36	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
37	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
38	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
39	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
40	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
41	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
42	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
43	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
44	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
45	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
47	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
48	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
49	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
50	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
51	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
52	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
53	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
54	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
55	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
56	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
58	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
59	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
61	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
62	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
63	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
64	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
65	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	397	Transistor	68
66	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
67	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
68	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
69	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
70	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
73	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
74	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	77	PRX	79
75	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
76	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
77	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
78	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
79	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
80	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
82	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	701	Libsyn	43
83	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
84	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
86	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
87	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
88	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
89	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
90	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1564	Simplecast	58
91	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
92	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
93	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	567	Libsyn	68
94	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
95	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
96	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	122	Acast	42
97	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
98	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1411	Simplecast	63
99	The Rewild Podcast	James Shooter	Science	19	Podbean	52
100	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59

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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