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 16 Jan 2026

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01/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 399

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Acast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1145	BBC	28
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
5	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	534	Simplecast	63
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	518	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
11	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
15	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
16	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	806	BBC	28
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
19	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
21	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
22	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
25	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
27	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
28	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
29	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
30	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
31	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
32	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
36	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
37	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
38	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
39	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
40	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
41	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
42	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
43	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
44	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
45	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
46	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
47	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
48	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
50	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
51	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
52	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
53	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
54	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
55	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
56	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
57	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
58	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
59	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
60	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
61	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
62	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
63	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
64	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	507	Spreaker	54
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
66	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
67	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
68	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	682	Megaphone	59
69	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
70	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
71	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
72	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
73	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
74	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
76	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
77	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
78	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
79	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
80	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
81	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
82	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
85	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
86	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
87	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
88	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
89	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
90	Medical Mentor	Medscape	Science	24	Libsyn	43
91	Wild Questions	RSPB	Science	6	Acast	69
92	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
93	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
94	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
95	Slow Radio	BBC Radio 3	Science	138	BBC	33
96	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
97	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
98	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
99	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
100	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79

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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