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 Sep 2026

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09/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:33

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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 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	515	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
7	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
10	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
12	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1293	Acast	48
13	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
14	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
15	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
20	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
21	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
22	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
25	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
26	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
27	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	693	Megaphone	63
29	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
30	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
31	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
33	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
34	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
35	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
36	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	849	Omny Studio	48
40	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
41	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
42	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
44	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
45	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
46	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
47	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
48	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
49	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
50	Les idées larges	ARTE Radio	Science	68	Acast	58
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1590	Unknown	48
52	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	579	Spreaker	54
53	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
54	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
55	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
56	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
57	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
58	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
60	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
61	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1566	Simplecast	58
62	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
63	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
64	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
65	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
66	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
67	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
68	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
69	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
70	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
72	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
73	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
74	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
75	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1413	Simplecast	63
76	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
77	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
78	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
79	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
80	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
81	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
83	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
84	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
85	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
86	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
88	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	68
90	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
91	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
92	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
93	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
94	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
95	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
96	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
97	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
98	Quirks and Quarks	CBC	Science	47	Triton Digital	38
99	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	633	Megaphone	58
100	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49

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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