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 15 Mar 2026

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03/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 397

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:00

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Acast (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	92	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1144	BBC	28
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1134	Simplecast	62
8	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	515	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
13	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
15	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
18	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
19	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
21	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1293	Acast	48
25	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
26	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
27	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
28	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
29	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	693	Megaphone	63
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	849	Omny Studio	48
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
32	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
34	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
35	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
36	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
37	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1590	Unknown	48
38	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
39	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
40	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
41	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
42	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
43	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
44	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
45	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
46	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
48	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
49	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
50	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
51	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
52	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
53	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
54	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
55	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
56	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
57	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	237	Unknown	73
58	The After On Podcast	Rob Reid	Science	62	Libsyn	58
59	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
60	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	140	Libsyn	78
61	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
62	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
63	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
64	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	40	Libsyn	53
65	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
66	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
67	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
68	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	237	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
70	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
71	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
72	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	807	Acast	59
73	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
74	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
75	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
76	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	87	ART19	52
77	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	494	Libsyn	49
78	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
79	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
80	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	579	Spreaker	54
81	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
82	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
83	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
84	ZSL's Wildest Moments	ZSL	Science	10	Libsyn	83
85	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
86	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
87	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1041	ABC Australia	43
88	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	472	Megaphone	63
89	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
90	This Week in Cardiology	Medscape	Science	421	Libsyn	38
91	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
92	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
93	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
94	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
95	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	122	Acast	42
96	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
97	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
98	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
99	The Habitat	Gimlet	Science	10	Megaphone	64
100	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	50	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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