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 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:44:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

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

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	93	Megaphone	83
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
6	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
10	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	519	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
14	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
15	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
16	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
17	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
18	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
20	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
21	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
22	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
24	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
25	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
26	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
28	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
33	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
34	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
35	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
36	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
37	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
38	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
39	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
40	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
41	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
42	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
43	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
44	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
47	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
48	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
49	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
50	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
51	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
52	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
53	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
54	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
55	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
56	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
57	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
58	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
59	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
60	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
61	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
62	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
63	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
64	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
65	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
67	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Hablando en rata	Living Producciones	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
70	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
71	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	584	ART19	62
72	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
73	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
74	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
75	Science Magazine Podcast	Science Magazine	Science	662	Megaphone	32
76	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
77	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
78	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
79	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
80	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
81	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
82	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	128	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
84	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
85	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
86	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	496	Buzzsprout	42
87	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
88	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
89	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
90	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
91	Sustainable(ish)	Jen Gale	Science	217	Unknown	48
92	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
93	ZSL's Wildest Moments	ZSL	Science	10	Libsyn	83
94	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
95	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
96	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
97	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
98	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	18	Megaphone	58
99	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	587	Spreaker	54
100	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53

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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