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 11 Mar 2026

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03/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (14 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Stuart Gary (1 shows)

5. Blurry Creatures (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
2	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
6	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
10	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
15	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
17	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
22	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
24	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
28	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
29	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
31	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
32	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
33	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
34	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
35	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
36	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
37	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
38	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
39	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
40	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
41	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
42	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
43	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
44	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
46	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
47	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
48	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
49	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
50	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
51	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
52	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
53	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
54	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
55	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
56	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
57	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
58	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
59	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
60	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
61	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
62	reading rocks	Ian Jackson	Science	17	Buzzsprout	58
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
64	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
65	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
66	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
67	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
68	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
69	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	646	Spreaker	54
70	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
71	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
72	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
73	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
74	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	738	BBC	28
75	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
77	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
78	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
79	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
80	Geopop - Le Scienze nella vita di tutti i giorni	Geopop	Science	438	Megaphone	53
81	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
82	Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	3	Soundcloud	32
83	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
84	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
85	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
86	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
87	Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production)	Josh Turknett, MD	Science	99	Libsyn	48
88	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
89	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
90	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
91	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
92	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
93	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
94	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	161	Buzzsprout	53
95	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
96	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
97	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
98	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
100	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79

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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