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 29 Aug 2026

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08/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 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	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	19	Megaphone	48
5	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
8	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
9	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
12	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	4	Megaphone	63
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
14	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
18	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
19	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
21	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
22	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
26	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
27	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
29	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
30	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
31	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
32	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	333	Acast	49
34	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
35	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
36	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
37	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
38	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
39	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
40	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
42	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
43	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
44	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	11	RSS.com	47
45	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	73	PRX	79
46	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Natural Causes	Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Science	7	Omny Studio	69
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
49	Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence	Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
50	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
51	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
52	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
53	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
54	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
55	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
56	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	22	PRX	69
57	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
58	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
59	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
60	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
61	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
62	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
63	Health Optimization Medicine Podcast	Health Optimization Medicine and Practice	Science	192	Libsyn	62
64	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
66	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
67	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
68	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
69	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
70	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
71	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
72	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
73	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	545	Spreaker	64
74	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	171	Transistor	58
75	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
76	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
78	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
79	The Incomplete Shambles Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	123	Soundcloud	38
80	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
81	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
82	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
83	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	405	Simplecast	43
84	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
85	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
86	پادکست اتاق تراپی \| The Therapy Room	Ali Shahab	Science	24	Simplecast	58
87	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
88	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
89	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
90	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
91	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	629	Megaphone	58
92	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	659	Megaphone	32
93	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
94	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
95	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
96	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
97	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
98	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
99	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
100	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28

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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