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 27 Aug 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

08/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:31

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. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	534	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	24	Megaphone	48
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1138	Simplecast	62
6	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	630	Simplecast	48
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	33	ART19	73
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
10	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	513	Libsyn	48
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	473	Megaphone	53
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
18	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	448	Libsyn	42
19	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
20	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	698	Megaphone	63
22	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
23	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	197	Libsyn	62
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1298	Acast	48
25	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	83	PRX	79
26	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
27	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	9	Megaphone	53
28	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	317	Megaphone	53
29	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	372	Transistor	73
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	811	BBC	28
32	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	11	Omny Studio	69
33	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
34	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
35	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	500	Buzzsprout	42
36	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
37	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
38	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	854	Omny Studio	48
40	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
41	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
42	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
43	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	17	RSS.com	47
44	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
45	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
46	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
47	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1576	Simplecast	58
48	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	358	BBC	38
49	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	415	Acast	89
50	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	129	Soundcloud	38
51	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	857	BBC	28
52	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
53	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
54	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
55	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	307	Omny Studio	62
56	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
57	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	68
58	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
59	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
60	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
61	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
62	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	244	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	687	Megaphone	59
65	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	216	Megaphone	73
66	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	371	PRX	53
68	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
69	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
70	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
71	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
72	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
73	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	173	Transistor	58
74	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
75	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	736	BBC	28
76	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1600	Unknown	48
77	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
78	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
79	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
80	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	90	ART19	52
81	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	617	Spreaker	54
82	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
83	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
84	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	367	Megaphone	53
85	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	400	Transistor	68
86	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
87	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	664	Megaphone	32
88	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	142	Libsyn	78
89	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	640	Megaphone	58
90	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	142	Omny Studio	42
91	Beastly History	Wild Beast	Science	8	Acast	74
92	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
93	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	478	ABC Australia	32
94	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	460	Spreaker	59
95	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
96	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	477	Megaphone	63
97	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
98	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	189	Omny Studio	48
99	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
100	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	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.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice