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 Apr 2026

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04/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
9	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
11	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
14	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
16	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
17	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
21	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
22	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
23	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
24	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
25	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
26	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
27	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
29	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	20	Megaphone	68
30	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
31	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
32	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
33	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
34	Brave New World	Evening Standard	Science	34	Acast	69
35	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
36	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
37	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
39	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
40	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
41	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
42	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
43	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
44	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
45	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
46	Rebel Economics with Professor Steve Keen	Professor Steve Keen	Science	153	Captivate	73
47	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
48	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
49	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
50	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
51	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	94	Audioboom	73
52	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
53	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
54	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	241	Unknown	73
55	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
56	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
57	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
58	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
59	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
60	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
61	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
62	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
63	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
64	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
65	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
66	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
68	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	736	BBC	28
69	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
70	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
72	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
73	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
74	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
75	ClassClinPsych	ClassClinPsych Collective	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
77	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
78	FQxI Podcast	The Foundational Questions Institute	Science & Medicine	114	Libsyn	38
79	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	705	Libsyn	43
80	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
81	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
82	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
83	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
84	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
85	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
86	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
87	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
88	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
89	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
90	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
91	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
92	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
93	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
94	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
95	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
96	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
97	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
98	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	428	Audioboom	38
99	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
100	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68

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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