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 12 Jan 2026

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01/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 430

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Springer Nature Limited (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (8 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	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
5	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
13	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
14	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
15	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
17	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
18	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
22	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
24	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
27	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
28	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
29	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
30	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
31	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
32	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
33	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
34	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
35	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
36	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
37	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
40	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
41	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
42	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
43	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
44	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
45	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
46	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
47	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
49	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
50	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
51	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
52	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
53	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
54	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
55	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
56	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
57	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
58	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
59	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
60	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
61	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
62	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
63	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
64	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
65	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
66	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
67	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
68	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
69	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68
70	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
71	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
72	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
73	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
74	Geology Bites: An Earth and Planetary Science Podcast	Oliver Strimpel	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	37
75	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
76	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
77	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	680	Spreaker	59
78	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
79	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1437	Simplecast	63
80	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
81	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
82	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
83	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
84	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
85	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
86	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
87	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
88	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
89	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
90	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
91	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
92	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
93	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	666	Megaphone	32
94	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
95	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
96	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
97	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
98	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
99	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
100	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69

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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