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 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 401

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:34

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 (19 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	544	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
10	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
13	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
14	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
15	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
17	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
19	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	813	BBC	28
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
24	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	701	Megaphone	63
26	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
29	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
31	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
32	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
33	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
34	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
35	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
36	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
39	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
40	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
41	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
42	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	636	Spreaker	54
43	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
44	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
45	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
46	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
48	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
51	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
52	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
53	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
54	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	375	Transistor	73
55	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	248	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
57	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	18	RSS.com	47
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
60	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1582	Simplecast	58
61	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
62	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1435	Simplecast	63
63	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
64	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
65	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
66	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
67	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
68	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
69	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	679	Spreaker	59
70	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
71	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
72	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
73	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
74	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
75	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
76	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
77	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
78	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
79	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
80	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
81	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
82	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
84	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
85	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	86	PRX	79
86	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
87	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
88	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
89	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
90	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
91	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
92	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine	Mike Raine	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
95	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
96	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
97	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
98	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
99	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58

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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