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 Feb 2026

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02/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 411

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

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

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
2	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
6	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
13	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
14	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
15	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	467	Megaphone	53
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
18	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
20	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
21	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
22	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
25	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
26	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
27	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
28	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
29	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
30	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
31	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
32	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
33	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
36	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
37	ESO Voice of Stroke	European Stroke Organisation	Science	1	Libsyn	63
38	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
39	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	236	Unknown	73
40	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
41	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
42	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
43	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
44	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
45	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
46	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1584	Unknown	48
47	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
48	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
51	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	185	Omny Studio	48
52	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
54	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
55	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
56	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
57	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
58	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
59	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
60	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
61	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
62	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	49	BBC	49
63	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
64	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
65	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
66	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
67	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
68	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
69	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
70	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
71	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
72	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	467	BBC	28
73	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
74	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
75	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
76	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
77	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
78	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	372	ART19	42
79	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
80	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
81	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
82	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
83	The Cognition Project	Tom Griffiths	Science	20	Acast	63
84	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
85	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	678	Megaphone	59
86	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	700	Libsyn	43
87	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	668	Spreaker	59
88	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
89	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
90	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
91	For What It’s Earth	Emma Brisdion & Sophie Pavelle	Science	134	Podbean	78
92	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
93	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
94	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
95	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	109	Buzzsprout	69
96	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
97	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
98	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
99	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
100	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	982	Spreaker	53

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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