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 May 2026

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05/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 434

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Acast (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	99	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
6	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
9	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	14	BBC	43
10	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
14	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
16	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
19	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
22	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
23	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
26	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
28	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
29	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
32	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
33	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
34	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
35	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
36	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
37	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
38	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
39	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
41	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
42	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
43	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
44	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
45	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
46	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
47	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
48	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
49	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
50	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
51	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
52	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
53	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
54	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
55	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
56	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
57	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
59	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
60	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
62	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
63	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
64	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
65	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
66	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
67	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
68	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
69	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
70	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
71	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
72	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
73	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
74	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
75	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
76	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
77	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
78	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
79	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
80	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
81	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
82	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
83	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
84	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	25	Libsyn	53
85	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
86	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
87	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1580	Simplecast	58
88	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	20	Megaphone	68
89	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
90	The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element	Chemistry World	Science	642	Libsyn	32
91	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
92	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
93	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
94	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
95	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	628	Spreaker	54
96	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
97	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
98	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
99	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
100	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	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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