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 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 387

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 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. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
3	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
4	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
9	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
13	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
14	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
15	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
16	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
20	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
21	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
22	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
26	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
27	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
28	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
29	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
30	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	19	RSS.com	47
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
32	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	11	Megaphone	63
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
34	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
35	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
36	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
37	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
38	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
39	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
41	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
42	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
43	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54
45	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
46	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
47	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
48	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
50	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
51	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
52	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
53	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
54	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
55	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
57	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
58	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
59	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
60	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
61	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
62	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
63	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
64	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
65	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
66	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
67	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
68	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
69	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
70	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
71	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
72	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
73	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	87	PRX	79
74	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
75	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
76	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
77	Counting the Earth	Counting the Earth	Science	22	Audioboom	58
78	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
79	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
80	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
81	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
82	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
83	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
84	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
85	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
86	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
88	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
89	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
90	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
91	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
92	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	994	Spreaker	53
93	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
94	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
95	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
96	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
97	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
98	Science Friction	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	53
99	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
100	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78

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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