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 03 Apr 2026

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04/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. The Planetary Society (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
7	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
8	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
12	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
14	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
15	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
16	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
19	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
20	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
22	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
23	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
26	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
27	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
28	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
29	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
30	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
31	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
33	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
35	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
36	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
37	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	18	Megaphone	58
38	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
39	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
40	Interplanetary Podcast	Matthew Russell	Science	328	Soundcloud	43
41	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
42	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
43	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
44	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
45	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
46	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
47	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
48	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
49	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
50	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
52	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
53	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
54	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
55	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
56	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
58	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
59	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
60	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	49	BBC	49
61	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
62	AWESOME ASTRONOMY	Paul & Dr Jeni	Science	372	Libsyn	38
63	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
64	Space	BBC World Service	Science	22	BBC	33
65	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
67	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
68	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
69	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
70	Small Steps, Giant Leaps	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	168	Megaphone	59
71	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
72	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1359	Omny Studio	38
73	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
74	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
75	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
77	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
78	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
79	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
80	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
81	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
82	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
83	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
84	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
85	Decouple	Dr. Chris Keefer	Science	324	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
87	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
88	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
89	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
90	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
91	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
92	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
93	Climate Unf*cked	Rob Cooper	Science	15	Unknown	53
94	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
95	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
96	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
97	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
98	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
99	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
100	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41

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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