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 26 Sep 2026

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09/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:43

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (9 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	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
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	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
9	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
10	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
14	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
16	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
17	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
19	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
20	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
21	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
22	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
23	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
25	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
26	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
28	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
29	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
30	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
31	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
32	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
33	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
35	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
36	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
38	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
39	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
40	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
41	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
42	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
43	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
44	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
45	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
46	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
47	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
50	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
51	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
52	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
53	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
54	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
55	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
56	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
57	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
58	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
59	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
60	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
61	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
62	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
65	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
66	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
67	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
68	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
69	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
70	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
72	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
73	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
74	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
75	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
76	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
77	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
78	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
79	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
80	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
81	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
82	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
83	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
84	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
85	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
86	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
87	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
89	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
90	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
91	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
92	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
93	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
94	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
95	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
96	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
97	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
98	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	397	Transistor	68
99	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
100	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28

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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