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 07 Apr 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
4	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
9	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
12	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
13	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
14	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
17	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
18	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
19	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
22	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
23	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
26	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
28	FQxI Podcast	The Foundational Questions Institute	Science & Medicine	114	Libsyn	38
29	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
30	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
31	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
33	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
34	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
35	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
36	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
39	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
40	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
42	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
43	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
44	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
45	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
46	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
47	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
48	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
49	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
50	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
52	AWESOME ASTRONOMY	Paul & Dr Jeni	Science	375	Libsyn	38
53	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
54	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
55	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
56	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
57	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
58	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	738	BBC	28
59	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
60	Rebel Economics with Professor Steve Keen	Professor Steve Keen	Science	153	Captivate	73
61	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
62	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
63	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
64	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
65	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
66	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
67	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
70	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	604	ART19	42
71	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	640	Spreaker	54
72	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
73	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
74	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
75	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
76	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
77	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
78	Space	BBC World Service	Science	22	BBC	33
79	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
80	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
81	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
83	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
84	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
85	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
86	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
87	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
88	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
89	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
90	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
91	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
92	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
93	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
94	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
95	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
96	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
97	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	21	Megaphone	68
98	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
99	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
100	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	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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