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 Jun 2026

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06/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 369

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 01:02:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Peter Cairns (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Acast (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
10	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
14	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
18	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
20	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
21	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
22	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
25	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
26	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
29	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
30	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
31	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
32	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
33	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
34	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
35	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
36	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
39	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
40	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
41	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
42	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
43	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
44	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
45	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
46	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
47	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
48	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
49	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
51	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
52	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
53	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
55	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
56	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
57	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
58	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
59	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
62	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
65	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
66	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
67	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
68	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
69	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	642	Megaphone	58
70	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
71	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	75	Megaphone	38
72	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
73	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
74	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
75	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
76	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
77	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	77	PRX	59
78	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	143	Omny Studio	42
79	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
80	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
81	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
82	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
83	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
84	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	123	Acast	42
85	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	91	ART19	52
86	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
88	The Sports MAP Network	The Sports Map Network \| Nick Kane	Science & Medicine	69	Unknown	53
89	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	992	Spreaker	53
90	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
92	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
93	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
94	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
95	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
96	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	665	Megaphone	32
97	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
98	The AskNature Podcast	The Biomimicry Institute	Science	8	Kajabi	78
99	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
100	PBS Space Time	PBS	Science	293	Megaphone	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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