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 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
6	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
13	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
14	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
16	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
19	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
21	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
26	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
27	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
29	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
30	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
31	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
32	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
34	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
35	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
36	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
37	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
38	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
39	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	192	Libsyn	62
40	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
41	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
42	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
43	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
44	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
45	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
46	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
47	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
48	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
49	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
50	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
51	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
52	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
53	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
54	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
55	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
56	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
57	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
58	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
59	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
60	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
61	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
62	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
64	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
65	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
66	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
67	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
68	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
69	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
70	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
71	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
72	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
73	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
74	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
76	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
77	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
78	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
79	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
80	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
81	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
82	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
83	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
84	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
85	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
86	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
87	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	262	Omny Studio	63
88	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
89	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
90	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
91	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
92	Costing the Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	331	BBC	33
93	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
94	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
95	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
96	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	139	Omny Studio	48
97	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28
98	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
99	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	629	Megaphone	58
100	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42

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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