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 14 Mar 2026

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03/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	95	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	166	BBC	38
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
6	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1147	BBC	28
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	523	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
12	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	22	Omny Studio	79
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
14	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
15	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
16	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	498	Buzzsprout	42
17	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	511	Libsyn	48
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	851	Omny Studio	48
22	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
24	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	808	BBC	28
25	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1295	Acast	48
27	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	431	Libsyn	52
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	695	Megaphone	63
29	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	357	BBC	38
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	370	Transistor	73
31	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
32	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
33	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
34	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
35	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
37	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
38	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
39	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
40	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
41	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
42	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	315	Megaphone	53
43	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
44	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
45	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
46	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
47	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
48	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
49	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	477	ABC Australia	32
50	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
51	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1595	Unknown	48
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
55	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
56	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	239	Unknown	73
57	The After On Podcast	Rob Reid	Science	62	Libsyn	58
58	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
59	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
60	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	856	BBC	28
61	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
62	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	595	Spreaker	54
63	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	241	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
65	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
66	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
67	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
68	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
69	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	52	BBC	43
70	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
73	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
74	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
75	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
76	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
77	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
78	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	399	Transistor	68
79	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
80	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	569	Libsyn	68
81	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
82	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
83	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
84	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	474	Megaphone	63
85	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
86	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
87	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
88	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
89	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
90	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
91	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	377	ART19	42
92	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	441	Spreaker	54
93	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
94	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
95	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
96	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1419	Simplecast	63
97	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
98	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
99	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
100	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	142	Libsyn	78

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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