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 25 Oct 2026

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10/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 399

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:46:11

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. Our Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

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

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	100	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
4	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
5	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	542	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
8	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
9	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
14	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
16	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	97	Megaphone	63
17	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
21	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	813	BBC	28
22	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
25	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
26	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
27	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
31	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
32	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
33	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
34	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
35	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
37	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
38	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
41	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
42	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
43	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
44	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
45	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
46	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
48	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
49	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
50	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
51	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
52	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
53	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
54	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
55	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
56	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
57	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
58	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
59	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	632	Spreaker	54
60	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
61	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
62	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
63	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
64	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
65	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
66	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
67	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
68	Saving Salmon	Atlantic Salmon Federation	Science	10	Spreaker	74
69	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
71	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
72	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
73	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
74	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
75	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
76	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
78	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
79	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
80	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
81	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
82	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
83	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
84	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
85	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
86	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
87	Nature in Crisis	London Review of Books	Science	12	Megaphone	63
88	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
89	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
90	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
91	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
92	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
93	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
94	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
95	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	737	BBC	28
96	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
97	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
98	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
99	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	17	Megaphone	73
100	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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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