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 Nov 2026

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11/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 414

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:32

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	103	Megaphone	83
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
4	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	26	Omny Studio	79
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
9	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
10	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	677	BBC	38
14	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
15	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	476	Megaphone	53
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	361	BBC	38
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
20	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	27	Megaphone	48
21	Bite Back with Abbey Sharp	The Roost Podcast Network	Science	98	Megaphone	63
22	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	91	Buzzsprout	72
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
24	The Seán Chorus	HeadStuff Podcasts	Science	12	Megaphone	53
25	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1303	Acast	48
26	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
27	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	816	BBC	28
28	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
29	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
30	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
31	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	703	Megaphone	63
32	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
34	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
35	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
36	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
37	The BirdGuides Podcast	BirdGuides	Science	21	RSS.com	47
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
39	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
40	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
41	Beyond The Bird Table	British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	418	Acast	89
44	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
45	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
46	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1611	Unknown	48
48	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	682	Spreaker	59
49	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
50	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
51	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
52	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	59
53	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	173	Podbean	31
54	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
55	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	252	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
57	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
58	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	654	Spreaker	54
59	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
60	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	635	Spreaker	69
61	Drilled: Displaced	Pushkin Industries	Science	270	Omny Studio	69
62	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
63	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
64	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
65	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	36	Simplecast	68
66	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
67	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
68	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	482	ABC Australia	32
69	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	812	Acast	59
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
71	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	463	Spreaker	59
72	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	9	Simplecast	52
73	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
74	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1588	Simplecast	58
75	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
76	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1442	Simplecast	63
77	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
78	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	67	Squarespace	48
79	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	411	Simplecast	43
80	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	96	Audioboom	73
81	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
82	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	667	Megaphone	32
83	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
84	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	456	Spreaker	54
85	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
86	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
87	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
88	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
89	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
90	Particles of Thought	GBH	Science	89	PRX	79
91	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	403	Transistor	68
92	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	192	Omny Studio	48
93	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	426	Simplecast	63
94	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	384	ART19	42
95	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
96	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
97	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	500	Libsyn	49
98	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
99	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
100	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48

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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