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 28 Jul 2026

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07/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 390

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Synthetic Universe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	545	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
11	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
13	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	19	RSS.com	47
14	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
16	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
20	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
24	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
25	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
26	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
27	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
28	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
29	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
30	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
31	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
32	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
33	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
34	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
35	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
36	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
37	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
38	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
39	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
41	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
42	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
43	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
44	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
45	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	701	Megaphone	63
46	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
48	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
49	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
50	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
51	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
52	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
53	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
54	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
55	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
56	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
57	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
58	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
59	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
61	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
62	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
63	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	638	Spreaker	54
64	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
65	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
66	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	409	Simplecast	43
67	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
68	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
69	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
70	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
71	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
72	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
73	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
74	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
75	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
77	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
78	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
79	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
80	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
81	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
82	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
83	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
84	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
85	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1436	Simplecast	63
86	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
87	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
88	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
90	The Quark Side - Quantum Physics Podcast	Synthetic Universe	Science	147	Spreaker	38
91	Hard Drugs	Saloni Dattani & Jacob Trefethen	Science	12	Transistor	68
92	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
93	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
94	Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics	Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne	Science	120	Soundcloud	42
95	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
96	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
97	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
98	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
99	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
100	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53

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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