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 31 Oct 2026

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10/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 354

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 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 (14 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

5. Acast (8 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	170	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
4	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
5	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
8	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
11	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
14	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
15	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
16	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
17	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
18	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
19	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
20	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	11	Megaphone	63
21	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
23	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
26	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
27	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
29	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
31	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
32	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
34	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
36	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
37	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
38	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
39	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	19	RSS.com	47
40	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
41	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
42	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
44	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
45	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
46	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
47	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
49	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
50	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
51	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
52	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
54	From Our Neurons to Yours	Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
55	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
56	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
57	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
58	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
59	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	410	Simplecast	43
60	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
61	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
62	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
63	In Search of Soil with Diego Footer	The Modern Grower Podcast Network	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	22
64	BioCentury This Week	BioCentury	Science	404	Buzzsprout	58
65	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
66	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
68	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
69	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
70	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
71	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
72	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
73	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
74	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	48
75	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
76	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	642	Spreaker	54
77	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	125	Acast	42
78	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
79	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
80	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
81	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
82	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
83	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
84	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
85	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
86	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
87	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
88	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
89	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	87	PRX	79
90	Masters of the Mind	ALEA	Science	6	Unknown	59
91	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
92	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
93	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
94	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
95	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
96	Biotech Hangout	Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
98	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
99	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
100	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53

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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