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 Mar 2026

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03/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 387

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Marshall Poe (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
6	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
13	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
15	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
20	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
21	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
25	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
26	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
28	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
30	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
32	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
33	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
34	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
35	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
36	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
37	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
38	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
39	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
40	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
41	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
42	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
44	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
45	The After On Podcast	Rob Reid	Science	62	Libsyn	58
46	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
47	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
48	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
49	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
50	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	49	BBC	49
51	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
52	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
53	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
54	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
56	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
57	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
58	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
59	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
60	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
61	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
62	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
63	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
64	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
65	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
67	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
68	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
69	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
70	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
72	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
73	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
74	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
75	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
76	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
77	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
78	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
79	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
80	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
81	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
82	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
83	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
84	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
85	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1403	Simplecast	63
86	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
87	reading rocks	Ian Jackson	Science	17	Buzzsprout	58
88	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28
89	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
90	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
91	Brave New World	Evening Standard	Science	34	Acast	69
92	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	116	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
94	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
95	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
96	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
97	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
98	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
99	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
100	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43

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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