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 Mar 2026

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03/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Our Media (3 shows)

3. BBC World Service (3 shows)

4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (13 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
12	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
13	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
14	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
17	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
18	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
19	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
21	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
24	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
25	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
26	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
27	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
28	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
30	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
31	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
32	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
33	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
35	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
36	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
37	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
38	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
39	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
40	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
41	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
42	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
43	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
44	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
45	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
46	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
48	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
49	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
50	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
51	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
52	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
53	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
54	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
55	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
56	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
58	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
59	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
60	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
61	ZSL's Wildest Moments	ZSL	Science	11	Libsyn	83
62	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	738	BBC	28
63	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
64	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
65	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
66	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
67	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
68	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
69	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
70	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
71	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
72	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
73	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	452	Spreaker	54
74	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
75	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
77	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
78	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
79	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
80	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
81	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
82	Your Farm And Mine	BBC Radio Ulster	Science	6	BBC	39
83	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
84	Sustainable(ish)	Jen Gale	Science	217	Unknown	48
85	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
86	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
87	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
88	Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat	Orion Publishing Ltd.	Science	9	Acast	79
89	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
90	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
91	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
92	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
93	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
94	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	691	Megaphone	59
95	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
96	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
97	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	812	Acast	59
98	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
99	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
100	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	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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