United Kingdom · Genre chart · October 2026

Top Science Podcasts in the UK

Top Science Podcasts in the UK today, combining the Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox & Pocket Casts charts for the UK into one Pulse Score. A show that ranks well on several platforms scores higher than one that tops a single chart. YouTube does not publish a top podcasts chart for the UK.

1

The Rest Is Science
Goalhanger

Apple #1

100Pulse Score out of 100
2

Curious Cases
BBC Radio 4

Apple #2

72Pulse Score out of 100
3

Science Weekly
The Guardian

Apple #3

86Pulse Score out of 100
4

Boring History for Sleep
Velvet

Apple #4

89Pulse Score out of 100
5

Get Birding
Peanut & Crumb

Apple #5

63Pulse Score out of 100
6

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Apple #6

82Pulse Score out of 100
7

Uncharted with Hannah Fry
BBC Radio 4

Apple #7

52Pulse Score out of 100
8

Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Apple #8

57Pulse Score out of 100
9

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse
Agoric Media

Apple #9

35Pulse Score out of 100
10

The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4

Apple #10

63Pulse Score out of 100
11

The Life Scientific
BBC Radio 4

Apple #11

32Pulse Score out of 100
12

Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Apple #12

69Pulse Score out of 100
13

Radiolab
WNYC Studios

Apple #13

60Pulse Score out of 100
14

BBC Inside Science
BBC Radio 4

Apple #14

52Pulse Score out of 100
15

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp
The Roost Podcast Network

Apple #15

28Pulse Score out of 100
16

That UFO Podcast
That UFO Podcast

Apple #16

50Pulse Score out of 100
17

A Question of Science
The Francis Crick Institute

Apple #17

40Pulse Score out of 100
18

The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists

Apple #18

39Pulse Score out of 100
19

The Plodcast
Our Media

Apple #19

24Pulse Score out of 100
20

Life Without
BBC Radio 4

Apple #20

24Pulse Score out of 100
21

The Seán Chorus
HeadStuff Podcasts

Apple #21

23Pulse Score out of 100
22

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll

Apple #22

40Pulse Score out of 100
23

The World, the Universe and Us
New Scientist

Apple #23

54Pulse Score out of 100
24

The Supermassive Podcast
The Royal Astronomical Society

Apple #24

22Pulse Score out of 100
25

From First Principles
Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

Apple #25

21Pulse Score out of 100
26

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
Hannah Fry

Apple #26

38Pulse Score out of 100
27

Change Your Mind with New Scientist
New Scientist

Apple #27

34Pulse Score out of 100
28

Scotland Outdoors
BBC Radio Scotland

Apple #28

19Pulse Score out of 100
29

Farming Today
BBC Radio 4

Apple #29

34Pulse Score out of 100
30

Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris

Apple #30

45Pulse Score out of 100
31

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #31

18Pulse Score out of 100
32

CrowdScience
BBC World Service

Apple #32

30Pulse Score out of 100
33

Unexplainable
Vox

Apple #33

43Pulse Score out of 100
34

This Podcast Will Kill You
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Apple #34

35Pulse Score out of 100
35

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Dr. Mindy Pelz

Apple #35

17Pulse Score out of 100
36

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Apple #36

17Pulse Score out of 100
37

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens

Apple #37

31Pulse Score out of 100
38

Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts
High Ash Farm

Apple #38

16Pulse Score out of 100
39

Open Country
BBC Radio 4

Apple #39

16Pulse Score out of 100
40

Sasquatch Chronicles
Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

Apple #40

31Pulse Score out of 100
41

Wild Tales | Nature Podcast
National Trust

Apple #41

14Pulse Score out of 100
42

The Knepp Wilding Podcast
Knepp.co.uk

Apple #42

15Pulse Score out of 100
43

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp
Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

Apple #43

49Pulse Score out of 100
44

Bedtime Astronomy
Synthetic Universe

Apple #44

14Pulse Score out of 100
45

Discovery
BBC World Service

Apple #45

14Pulse Score out of 100
46

The Psychology Podcast
Scott Barry Kaufman

Apple #46

14Pulse Score out of 100
47

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith
Ben Goldsmith

Apple #47

13Pulse Score out of 100
48

Astrum Space
Astrum

Apple #48

46Pulse Score out of 100
49

Universe Today Podcast
Fraser Cain

Apple #49

12Pulse Score out of 100
50

DarkHorse Podcast
Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

Apple #50

13Pulse Score out of 100
51

Dr Karl Podcast
triplej

Apple #51

12Pulse Score out of 100
52

A Life More Wild
Canopy & Stars

Apple #52

12Pulse Score out of 100
53

Science Vs
Spotify Studios

Apple #53

49Pulse Score out of 100
54

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David Puder, M.D.

Apple #54

24Pulse Score out of 100
55

Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica and Global Optimism

Apple #55

24Pulse Score out of 100
56

The Climate Question
BBC World Service

Apple #56

25Pulse Score out of 100
57

Unexpected Elements
BBC World Service

Apple #57

11Pulse Score out of 100
58

The BirdGuides Podcast
BirdGuides

Apple #58

11Pulse Score out of 100
59

Overheard at National Geographic
National Geographic

Apple #59

11Pulse Score out of 100
60

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Zachary Elwood

Apple #60

11Pulse Score out of 100
61

Astronomy Cast
Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

Apple #61

11Pulse Score out of 100
62

Drilled
Pushkin Industries

Apple #62

10Pulse Score out of 100
63

Blurry Creatures
Blurry Creatures

Apple #63

10Pulse Score out of 100
64

Tweet of the Day
BBC Radio 4

Apple #64

10Pulse Score out of 100
65

Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill
Newstalk

Apple #65

10Pulse Score out of 100
66

Naturebang
BBC Radio 4

Apple #66

10Pulse Score out of 100
67

Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

Apple #67

10Pulse Score out of 100
68

Short Wave
NPR

Apple #68

10Pulse Score out of 100
69

The Joy of Why
Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

Apple #69

10Pulse Score out of 100
70

Bigfoot Society
Jeremiah Byron

Apple #70

9Pulse Score out of 100
71

Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast
The Cosmic Shambles Network

Apple #71

9Pulse Score out of 100
72

The Common Descent Podcast
Common Descent

Apple #72

9Pulse Score out of 100
73

The Systemic Way
Sezer and Julie

Apple #73

9Pulse Score out of 100
74

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries
Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

Apple #74

9Pulse Score out of 100
75

Paranormal Mysteries
Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

Apple #75

9Pulse Score out of 100
76

Instant Genius
Our Media

Apple #76

28Pulse Score out of 100
77

The Quanta Podcast
Quanta Magazine

Apple #77

8Pulse Score out of 100
78

Let's Learn Everything!
Maximum Fun

Apple #78

21Pulse Score out of 100
79

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything

Apple #79

8Pulse Score out of 100
80

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh
Atmos

Apple #80

8Pulse Score out of 100
81

Babbage from The Economist
The Economist

Apple #81

8Pulse Score out of 100
82

Somewhere in the Skies
SpectreVision Radio

Apple #82

8Pulse Score out of 100
83

UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast
Gamut Podcast Network

Apple #83

8Pulse Score out of 100
84

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks
Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

Apple #84

24Pulse Score out of 100
85

Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Crash Course Pods, Complexly

Apple #85

8Pulse Score out of 100
86

Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #86

8Pulse Score out of 100
87

Ask the Naked Scientists
Dr Chris Smith

Apple #87

7Pulse Score out of 100
88

New Books in Critical Theory
Marshall Poe

Apple #88

8Pulse Score out of 100
89

Houston We Have a Podcast
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Apple #89

8Pulse Score out of 100
90

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics
Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

Apple #90

7Pulse Score out of 100
91

Are We Doomed?
NPR Network

Apple #91

7Pulse Score out of 100
92

Stanford Psychology Podcast
Stanford Psychology

Apple #92

7Pulse Score out of 100
93

Stroud's Wild Valleys
Al Booth

Apple #93

7Pulse Score out of 100
94

Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Apple #94

7Pulse Score out of 100
95

Origin Stories
The Leakey Foundation

Apple #95

7Pulse Score out of 100
96

Skeptoid
Brian Dunning

Apple #96

7Pulse Score out of 100
97

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo
Bigfoot and Beyond LLC

Apple #97

7Pulse Score out of 100
98

Geology Bites
Oliver Strimpel

Apple #98

7Pulse Score out of 100
99

Beyond The Bird Table
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)

Apple #99

7Pulse Score out of 100
100

Rare Earth
BBC Radio 4

Apple #100

7Pulse Score out of 100

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101

The Science of Everything Podcast
James Fodor

Apple #101

27Pulse Score out of 100
102

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Brian Keating

Apple #102

7Pulse Score out of 100
103

Therapist Uncensored Podcast
Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Apple #103

7Pulse Score out of 100
104

Skeptics with a K
Skeptic Media Limited

Apple #104

6Pulse Score out of 100
105

Okay, But... Birds
Dr. Scott Taylor

Apple #105

6Pulse Score out of 100
106

Ask a Spaceman!
Paul M. Sutter

Apple #106

6Pulse Score out of 100
107

Big Cat Conversations
Rick Minter

Apple #107

6Pulse Score out of 100
108

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #108

6Pulse Score out of 100
109

Meet the Farmers
Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media

Apple #109

6Pulse Score out of 100
110

The Science of Happiness
PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Apple #110

6Pulse Score out of 100
111

This Natural Life
BBC Radio 4

Apple #111

6Pulse Score out of 100
112

Shirtloads of Science
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Apple #112

6Pulse Score out of 100
113

Speaking of Psychology
American Psychological Association

Apple #113

6Pulse Score out of 100
114

Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast
Accidental Gods

Apple #114

6Pulse Score out of 100
115

Terrible Lizards
Iszi Lawrence and David Hone

Apple #115

19Pulse Score out of 100
116

Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews
Mysterious Radio

Apple #116

6Pulse Score out of 100
117

Wild Lives
Our Media

Apple #117

6Pulse Score out of 100
118

Win-Win with Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Apple #118

6Pulse Score out of 100
119

Talks On Psychoanalysis
International Psychoanalytical Association

Apple #119

6Pulse Score out of 100
120

Ancient Aliens
PodcastOne

Apple #120

18Pulse Score out of 100
121

Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara
Dr. Tara Swart Bieber

Apple #121

6Pulse Score out of 100
122

The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW News and Information

Apple #122

6Pulse Score out of 100
123

Everything's Psychology
a Behaviour podcast

Apple #123

6Pulse Score out of 100
124

Wild Times: Wildlife Education
Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante

Apple #124

5Pulse Score out of 100
125

Oceanography | Marine Science and Ocean Stories
Pine Forest Media | Environmental Science Podcasts

Apple #125

5Pulse Score out of 100
126

Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

Apple #126

6Pulse Score out of 100
127

UFO Chronicles Podcast
Nik Hunter

Apple #127

5Pulse Score out of 100
128

The Quark Side - Quantum Physics Podcast
Synthetic Universe

Apple #128

5Pulse Score out of 100
129

Messy Social Work
Rich and Tim

Apple #129

5Pulse Score out of 100
130

Expanded Perspectives
Expanded Perspectives

Apple #130

5Pulse Score out of 100
131

From Our Neurons to Yours
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler

Apple #131

5Pulse Score out of 100
132

In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants

Apple #132

5Pulse Score out of 100
133

Emonthebrain
Emily McDonald

Apple #133

20Pulse Score out of 100
134

The Knepp Wilding Podcast
Knepp.co.uk

Apple #134

5Pulse Score out of 100
135

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
John Kempf

Apple #135

5Pulse Score out of 100
136

This Week in Neuroscience
Vincent Racaniello

Apple #136

5Pulse Score out of 100
137

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
AsapSCIENCE

Apple #137

5Pulse Score out of 100
138

Let's Talk Forensic Psychology
Let's Talk Forensic Psychology

Apple #138

5Pulse Score out of 100
139

That's Just Wild
Fresh Air

Apple #139

5Pulse Score out of 100
140

Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing
Merraki Media LLC

Apple #140

5Pulse Score out of 100
141

NASA's Curious Universe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Apple #141

5Pulse Score out of 100
142

Planet Possible
Andy Taylor, Niki Roach

Apple #142

5Pulse Score out of 100
143

Attitudes
National Centre for Social Research

Apple #143

5Pulse Score out of 100
144

Best Medicine
BBC Radio 4

Apple #144

5Pulse Score out of 100
145

The Astrophysics Podcast
Paul Duffell

Apple #145

5Pulse Score out of 100
146

The End Of The World with Josh Clark
iHeartPodcasts

Apple #146

5Pulse Score out of 100
147

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
Spencer Greenberg

Apple #147

5Pulse Score out of 100
148

PsychCrunch
The British Psychological Society Research Digest

Apple #148

5Pulse Score out of 100
149

Robinson's Podcast
Robinson Erhardt

Apple #149

5Pulse Score out of 100
150

Natural Causes
Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

Apple #150

5Pulse Score out of 100
151

Dissecting Animal Diseases with the Animal and Plant Health Agency
Claire

Apple #151

5Pulse Score out of 100
152

Addiction Audio
Addiction journal

Apple #152

5Pulse Score out of 100
153

Cool Worlds Podcast
coolworldslab

Apple #153

5Pulse Score out of 100
154

Pursuit of the Paranormal
Ash and Greg

Apple #154

5Pulse Score out of 100
155

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss

Apple #155

4Pulse Score out of 100
156

The Casual Birder Podcast
Suzy Buttress

Apple #156

4Pulse Score out of 100
157

New Scientist Colab Podcasts
DMG Media

Apple #157

4Pulse Score out of 100
158

Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
Podimo & TellTale

Apple #158

4Pulse Score out of 100
159

The Turing Podcast
The Alan Turing Institute

Apple #159

4Pulse Score out of 100
160

Science Magazine Podcast
Science Magazine

Apple #160

4Pulse Score out of 100
161

Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe
Linda Moulton Howe

Apple #161

4Pulse Score out of 100
162

Ri Science Podcast
The Royal Institution

Apple #162

4Pulse Score out of 100
163

Choiceology with Katy Milkman
Charles Schwab

Apple #163

4Pulse Score out of 100
164

The Micah Hanks Program
Micah Hanks

Apple #164

4Pulse Score out of 100
165

The Michael Shermer Show
Michael Shermer

Apple #165

4Pulse Score out of 100
166

Breaking Down: Collapse
Kory & Kellan

Apple #166

4Pulse Score out of 100
167

Everyday Neuro: Psychology and Neuroscience Podcast
Dr Janine Cooper: Cognitive Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Neuropsychology researcher.

Apple #167

4Pulse Score out of 100
168

Outside/In
NHPR

Apple #168

4Pulse Score out of 100
169

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur

Apple #169

4Pulse Score out of 100
170

Science Quickly
Scientific American

Apple #170

4Pulse Score out of 100
171

Star Diary
BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Apple #171

4Pulse Score out of 100
172

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
Stuart Gary

Apple #172

4Pulse Score out of 100
173

New Scientist CultureLab
New Scientist

Apple #173

4Pulse Score out of 100
174

Mysterious Universe
8th Kind

Apple #174

4Pulse Score out of 100
175

The Episodic Table of Elements
T. R. Appleton

Apple #175

4Pulse Score out of 100
176

NICE Talks
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Apple #176

4Pulse Score out of 100
177

Weather Geeks
Weather Group Television

Apple #177

4Pulse Score out of 100
178

Realm of Quantum Mechanics
TheTuringApp.Com

Apple #178

4Pulse Score out of 100
179

UK Wildlife Podcast
Neil Phillips + Victoria Hillman

Apple #179

4Pulse Score out of 100
180

Podcast UFO
Producer: Donna Killeen

Apple #180

4Pulse Score out of 100
181

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips
Stephanie Keith

Apple #181

4Pulse Score out of 100
182

Chemistry Made Simple
Matthew Macariou

Apple #182

4Pulse Score out of 100
183

BioCentury This Week
BioCentury

Apple #183

4Pulse Score out of 100
184

Big Picture Science
Big Picture Science

Apple #184

4Pulse Score out of 100
185

The Artificial Human
BBC Radio 4

Apple #185

4Pulse Score out of 100
186

The Mushroom Hour Podcast
Mushroom Hour

Apple #186

4Pulse Score out of 100
187

Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History
Dylan Wilmeth

Apple #187

4Pulse Score out of 100
188

Storying Water
Ellen Wiles

Apple #188

4Pulse Score out of 100
189

This Week in Cardiology
Medscape

Apple #189

4Pulse Score out of 100
190

Mythfits
Pionaire Podcasting

Apple #190
191

5 Live Science Podcast
BBC Radio 5 Live

Apple #191
192

UAP Files Podcast
UAP Files Podcast

Apple #192
193

Real Organic Podcast
Real Organic Project

Apple #193
194

Connect to Nature
Immediate

Apple #194
195

BirdNote Daily
BirdNote

Apple #195
196

Many Minds
Kensy Cooperrider – Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute

Apple #196
197

Hard Drugs
Saloni Dattani & Jacob Trefethen

Apple #197
198

Biotech Hangout
Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler and more

Apple #198
199

Unlocking Behaviour Change
Robert West

Apple #199
200

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Ginger Campbell, MD

Apple #200

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