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 May 2026

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05/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 416

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:48:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (12 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
7	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
9	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
12	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
13	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
14	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
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	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
20	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
21	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
23	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
27	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
28	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
29	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
30	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
32	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
33	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
34	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
35	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
36	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
37	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
38	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
39	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	22	Megaphone	68
40	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
41	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
42	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
43	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
44	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
45	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
46	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
47	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
48	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
49	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
50	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
51	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
52	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
53	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
55	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
56	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
57	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
58	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
59	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
60	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
61	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
65	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
67	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
68	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
69	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
70	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	812	Acast	59
71	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
74	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
75	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
76	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
77	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	681	Spreaker	59
78	This Week in Virology	Vincent Racaniello	Science & Medicine	103	Libsyn	63
79	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
80	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
81	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	691	Megaphone	59
82	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
83	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
84	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
86	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
87	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	65	Unknown	73
88	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
89	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
90	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
91	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
92	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
93	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
94	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
95	Regenerative Agriculture Podcast	John Kempf	Science	234	Libsyn	57
96	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
97	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
98	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
99	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
100	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59

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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