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 13 Feb 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 410

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

4. National Trust (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
2	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1144	BBC	28
6	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
7	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
14	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
15	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	693	Megaphone	63
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
18	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
20	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
21	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
23	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
24	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
25	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
26	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
27	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
28	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
29	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
30	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
31	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
32	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
33	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
36	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
37	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
38	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
40	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
41	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
42	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
44	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
46	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
47	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
48	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
50	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
51	ESO Voice of Stroke	European Stroke Organisation	Science	1	Libsyn	63
52	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
53	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
54	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
55	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
56	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
57	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
58	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
60	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
61	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
62	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
63	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
64	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
65	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
66	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
67	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
68	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
69	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
71	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	397	Transistor	68
72	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	50	BBC	43
73	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	367	PRX	53
74	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
75	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1041	ABC Australia	43
76	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
77	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
78	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
80	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
81	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	701	Libsyn	43
82	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	983	Spreaker	53
83	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
84	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
85	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
86	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
87	Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	3	Soundcloud	32
88	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
89	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1362	Omny Studio	38
90	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	471	Megaphone	63
91	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
92	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
93	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
94	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
95	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
96	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
97	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
98	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
99	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
100	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	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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