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 19 May 2026

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05/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 429

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	98	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	536	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	24	Megaphone	48
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	241	BBC	38
7	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
10	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	537	Simplecast	63
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
13	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
14	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	674	BBC	38
15	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	473	Megaphone	53
17	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
18	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
19	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
23	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	811	BBC	28
27	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
28	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
29	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1299	Acast	48
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
31	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
32	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
33	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
34	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
35	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	433	Libsyn	52
36	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	318	Megaphone	53
37	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	699	Megaphone	63
38	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	337	Acast	49
39	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	349	Megaphone	69
40	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	415	Acast	89
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	855	Omny Studio	48
42	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
43	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
44	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	373	Transistor	73
45	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
46	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
47	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
48	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
49	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
50	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
51	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
52	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	23	Omny Studio	79
53	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
54	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
55	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
56	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
57	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
58	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
59	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
60	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
61	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
62	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
63	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	356	PRX	53
64	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1601	Unknown	48
65	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
66	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
67	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
68	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
69	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	372	PRX	53
70	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1578	Simplecast	58
71	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
72	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	245	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1429	Simplecast	63
74	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	749	Megaphone	63
75	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
76	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
77	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
78	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
79	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
80	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
81	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	478	ABC Australia	32
82	AQA GCSE Chemistry Revision	Becky Spencer-Woodcock	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	149	Simplecast	58
84	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
85	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
86	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
87	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	621	Spreaker	54
88	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	630	Spreaker	69
89	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
90	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	677	Spreaker	59
91	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
92	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
93	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
94	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	687	Megaphone	59
95	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	159	Buzzsprout	53
96	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
97	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
98	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
99	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
100	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	379	ART19	42

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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