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 02 Jan 2026

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01/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 428

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:45

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (3 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (12 shows)

5. Acast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
10	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
11	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
13	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
14	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
15	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
22	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
24	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
25	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
27	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
28	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
30	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
31	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
32	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
33	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
36	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
40	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
41	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
42	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
43	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
44	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
45	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
46	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
47	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
48	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
49	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
50	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
51	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
52	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
53	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
54	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
55	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
56	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
57	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
58	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
59	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
60	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
61	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
62	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
63	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
64	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
65	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
66	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
67	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
68	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
69	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
70	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	980	Spreaker	53
71	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
73	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
74	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
75	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
76	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
77	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
78	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
79	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
80	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
81	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
82	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
83	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
84	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
85	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
86	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1557	Simplecast	58
87	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
88	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
89	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
90	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
91	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
92	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
93	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
94	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
95	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	74	PRX	59
96	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
97	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
98	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	157	Substack	48
99	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
100	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	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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