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 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 398

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	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	25	Omny Studio	79
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
9	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
11	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
13	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
14	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
16	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
17	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
19	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
20	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
21	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	10	Megaphone	63
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
25	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
26	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
27	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	701	Megaphone	63
29	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
30	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
31	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
32	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
33	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
34	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
35	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
36	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
37	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
39	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
41	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
42	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
43	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
44	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
45	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
46	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
47	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
48	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
49	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
50	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	19	RSS.com	47
51	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
52	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
53	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
54	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
55	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
56	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
57	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
60	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
61	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
62	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
63	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
64	Counting the Earth	Counting the Earth	Science	22	Audioboom	58
65	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
66	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
67	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
68	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
69	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	86	PRX	79
70	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
71	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
74	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
75	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
76	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
77	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
78	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
79	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
80	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
81	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
82	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
84	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
85	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
86	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
87	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
88	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
89	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
90	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
91	The Jodcast	Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics	Science	334	Unknown	43
92	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	169	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
94	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
95	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	738	BBC	28
96	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
97	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
98	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	632	Spreaker	69
99	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
100	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33

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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