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 04 Apr 2026

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04/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:44:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

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

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Stuart Gary (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
8	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
9	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
12	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
14	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
15	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
16	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
20	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
21	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
22	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
23	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
24	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
26	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
27	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
30	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
31	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
33	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
34	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
36	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
37	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
38	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
39	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
40	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
41	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
42	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
43	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
44	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
45	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
46	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
48	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
49	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	21	Megaphone	68
50	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
51	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
52	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
55	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
56	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
57	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
60	Interplanetary Podcast	Matthew Russell	Science	328	Soundcloud	43
61	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
62	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
64	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
65	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
66	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
67	A Voyage to Antarctica	UKAHT	Science	36	Acast	89
68	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
69	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
70	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
71	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
72	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
73	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
74	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
75	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
76	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54
77	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
78	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
79	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
80	Small Steps, Giant Leaps	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	168	Megaphone	59
81	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
82	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
83	AWESOME ASTRONOMY	Paul & Dr Jeni	Science	375	Libsyn	38
84	Space	BBC World Service	Science	22	BBC	33
85	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
86	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
87	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
88	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
89	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
90	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
91	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
92	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
93	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
94	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
95	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
96	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
97	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
99	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
100	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	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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