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 Sep 2026

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09/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 365

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:42

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

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

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 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	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
6	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
7	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
9	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
13	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
14	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	6	Megaphone	63
15	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
16	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1293	Acast	48
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
21	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
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	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
26	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	693	Megaphone	63
27	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
28	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	21	Megaphone	58
29	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	335	Acast	49
30	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
33	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
34	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
35	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
36	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
37	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
38	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
40	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
41	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
42	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
43	Les idées larges	ARTE Radio	Science	68	Acast	58
44	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
45	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
46	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
47	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
48	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
49	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
50	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
51	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
52	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
53	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
54	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
55	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	849	Omny Studio	48
56	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
57	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
58	Best Medicine	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	43
59	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
60	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
61	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
62	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	735	BBC	28
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
65	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
66	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
67	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
68	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
69	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1566	Simplecast	58
70	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
71	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	579	Spreaker	54
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
73	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
74	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
75	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
76	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
77	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
78	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
79	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1590	Unknown	48
80	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
81	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
83	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
84	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
85	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
86	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
87	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
88	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	13	RSS.com	47
89	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
90	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
91	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
92	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
93	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	441	Megaphone	62
94	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
95	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
96	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
97	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
98	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
99	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
100	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	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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