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 21 Mar 2026

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03/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 412

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:46

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (14 shows)

4. Acast (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	95	Megaphone	83
2	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
6	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	523	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
10	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1147	BBC	28
11	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
12	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	511	Libsyn	48
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
14	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
15	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
16	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1295	Acast	48
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
18	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
19	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	357	BBC	38
21	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	22	Omny Studio	79
24	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
25	ZSL's Wildest Moments	ZSL	Science	10	Libsyn	83
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	695	Megaphone	63
28	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	851	Omny Studio	48
30	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	808	BBC	28
31	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
32	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	498	Buzzsprout	42
33	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
34	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	49	Podbean	62
35	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
36	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	370	Transistor	73
37	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	431	Libsyn	52
38	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	477	ABC Australia	32
39	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
40	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
41	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
42	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
43	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1595	Unknown	48
44	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
45	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
46	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
47	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
48	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
49	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
50	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
51	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
52	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
53	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
54	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	369	PRX	53
55	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
56	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
57	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
58	Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production)	Josh Turknett, MD	Science	99	Libsyn	48
59	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
60	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
61	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
62	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	239	Unknown	73
63	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	142	Libsyn	78
64	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	315	Megaphone	53
65	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
66	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
67	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	241	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	856	BBC	28
69	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
70	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	399	Transistor	68
71	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
72	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
73	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
74	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	377	ART19	42
75	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
76	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
77	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	474	Megaphone	63
78	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	188	Omny Studio	48
79	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
80	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
81	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
82	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
83	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
85	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
86	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
87	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
88	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
89	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
90	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
91	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
92	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	34	Simplecast	68
93	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
94	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
95	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	703	Libsyn	43
96	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1096	PRX	63
97	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1571	Simplecast	58
98	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
99	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
100	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37

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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