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 18 mars 2026

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03/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 405

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:51

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

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

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 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	89	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
12	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
14	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
15	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
16	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	467	Megaphone	53
18	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
20	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	493	Buzzsprout	42
22	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
23	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
24	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
27	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
28	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
29	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
30	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
31	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
32	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
33	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
34	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
35	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1584	Unknown	48
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
37	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
39	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
40	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
41	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	467	BBC	28
42	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
44	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
45	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
46	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
47	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
48	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
49	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
50	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
51	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
52	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
53	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
54	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
55	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
56	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1559	Simplecast	58
57	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
58	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
59	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
60	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
62	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
63	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
64	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	678	Megaphone	59
65	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
66	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
67	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
68	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
69	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	668	Spreaker	59
70	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
71	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
72	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
73	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
74	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
75	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
76	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
77	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
78	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	598	ART19	42
79	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
80	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
81	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
82	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
83	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
84	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
85	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
86	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
87	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
88	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
89	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	139	Libsyn	78
90	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
91	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
92	Total Disclosure Podcast	Tyler Roberts	Science	294	Spreaker	79
93	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
94	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
95	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	86	ART19	52
96	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
97	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
98	The After On Podcast	Rob Reid	Science	62	Libsyn	58
99	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
100	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59

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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