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 27 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 426

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:59

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	65	Megaphone	89
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	8	Megaphone	63
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Science	1107	BBC	33
4	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	33	Acast	94
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	516	Simplecast	63
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	464	Acast	43
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	420	Spotify for Podcasters	33
8	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	658	BBC	43
9	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
10	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1110	Simplecast	73
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	496	Libsyn	53
12	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	694	Simplecast	53
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	855	Simplecast	73
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast	Global Optimism	Science	399	Libsyn	73
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	403	Libsyn	58
19	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	447	Acast	48
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1081	Audioboom	48
21	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	48	Simplecast	62
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	336	Megaphone	69
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll \| Wondery	Science	432	ART19	48
24	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	117	Audioboom	42
25	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	64	BBC	33
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	340	Libsyn	68
27	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	475	Buzzsprout	42
28	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
29	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	326	Acast	49
30	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1266	Acast	48
31	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	27	BBC	33
32	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	29	Simplecast	68
33	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	778	BBC	33
34	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network	Science	291	Megaphone	68
35	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	43
36	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	591	Acast	69
37	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	716	Libsyn	49
38	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	121	Megaphone	63
39	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	499	BBC	53
40	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	199	Audioboom	58
41	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	904	Acast	43
42	Saving the World From Bad Ideas	WePlanet	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
43	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	829	Omny Studio	53
44	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	666	Megaphone	69
45	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	50	Buzzsprout	37
46	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	204	Megaphone	73
47	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	70	Megaphone	59
48	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	80	Buzzsprout	72
49	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	394	Simplecast	43
50	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
51	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	347	Unknown	43
52	Astrum Space	Alex McColgan	Science	195	Buzzsprout	73
53	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
54	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	614	Megaphone	63
55	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1905	Simplecast	63
56	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	290	Megaphone	59
57	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
58	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	847	BBC	33
59	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	69	PRX	64
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	Speaking of Psychology	American Psychological Association	Science	434	Libsyn	43
62	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	332	BBC	43
63	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	131	Libsyn	83
64	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	895	Acast	59
65	Dr Karl Podcast	triple j	Science	537	ABC Australia	38
66	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	339	Simplecast	53
67	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
68	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	213	Simplecast	52
69	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	617	Spreaker	69
70	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	74	ART19	68
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1539	Fireside	53
73	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	302	BBC	43
74	Skeptics with a K	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	481	Libsyn	49
75	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	101	Megaphone	69
76	Drilled	Critical Frequency	Science	265	Megaphone	69
77	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
78	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	179	Buzzsprout	42
79	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	8	Captivate	53
80	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science & Medicine	587	Squarespace	58
81	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	84
83	Accidental Gods	Accidental Gods	Science	381	Transistor	84
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	377	Podbean	47
85	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	316	Unknown	53
86	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1094	Libsyn	43
87	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	449	Spreaker	74
88	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	5	Simplecast	58
89	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	410	Megaphone	59
90	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Stephen Diener with Hubbard Podcasts	Science	351	Megaphone	32
91	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	750	Spreaker	59
92	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	721	Megaphone	59
93	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1178	Spreaker	53
94	Star Diary	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	370	Megaphone	59
95	UAP Files Podcast	UAP Files Podcast	Science	218	Spotify for Podcasters	42
96	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	721	BBC	33
97	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
98	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
99	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	47	BBC	39
100	Hablando en rata	Living Producciones	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63

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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