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 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 429

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Knepp.co.uk (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Acast (10 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	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	25	Megaphone	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	41	Acast	94
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
7	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	168	BBC	38
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
9	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	13	BBC	43
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	675	Simplecast	63
13	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
14	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
20	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
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	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	27	PRX	69
24	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
25	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
27	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	319	Megaphone	53
28	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
31	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1299	Acast	48
32	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
33	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	338	Acast	49
34	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
35	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
36	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	515	BBC	48
39	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
41	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
42	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
43	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
44	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
45	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
46	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
47	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
48	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
49	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
50	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	246	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1579	Simplecast	58
52	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
53	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
54	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
55	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
56	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
57	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	380	ART19	42
58	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
59	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
60	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
61	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
62	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
63	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1603	Unknown	48
64	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
65	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
66	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
67	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
68	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	51	Podbean	62
69	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
70	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
71	Others From Another Mother	Dan Cleary and Chad Shlosser	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
73	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
74	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
75	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	348	BBC	38
76	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
78	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
79	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
80	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	447	Spreaker	54
81	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
82	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
83	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	319	BBC	38
84	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	444	Megaphone	62
85	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	68
86	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
87	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	603	ART19	42
88	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1431	Simplecast	63
89	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
90	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	736	BBC	28
91	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
93	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
94	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
95	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
96	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
97	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	626	Spreaker	54
98	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
99	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	585	ART19	62
100	The Nature Recovery Podcast	The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery	Science	38	Buzzsprout	57

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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