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 Sep 2026

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09/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 414

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Acast (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	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
8	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
10	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	627	Simplecast	48
12	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
14	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
15	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
16	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
17	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
19	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
20	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
22	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	28
23	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
24	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	63
26	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
27	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	445	Libsyn	42
29	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
30	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
31	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	312	Megaphone	53
32	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
33	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
34	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
35	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
36	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
39	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
40	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
41	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
42	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
43	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
44	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
45	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
46	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
48	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
49	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	573	Spreaker	54
50	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
51	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
52	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	366	Transistor	73
53	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
55	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
56	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
57	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
58	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
59	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	236	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	214	Megaphone	73
61	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
62	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
63	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	364	Megaphone	53
64	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
65	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	740	Megaphone	63
66	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
67	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
68	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	854	BBC	28
69	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
70	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
71	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	492	Audioboom	53
72	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
73	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
74	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
75	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
76	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
77	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1564	Simplecast	58
78	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
79	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
80	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	661	Megaphone	32
81	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
83	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	68
84	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
85	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
86	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
87	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
88	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
89	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
90	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
91	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
92	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1411	Simplecast	63
93	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
94	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
95	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	47	Podbean	62
96	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
97	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
98	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
99	Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists	The Naked Scientists	Science	233	Acast	53
100	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69

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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