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 22 Jan 2026

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01/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 411

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. The Naked Scientists (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	101	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
5	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1141	Simplecast	62
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
10	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
11	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
14	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
15	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
19	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1301	Acast	48
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
24	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
25	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
26	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
27	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
30	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
31	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
32	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
33	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
34	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
35	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
36	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
37	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
39	Behind the Science	GSK	Science	5	Podbean	48
40	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
41	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
42	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
43	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
45	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
46	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
47	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
48	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
49	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1606	Unknown	48
50	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
51	That Cancer Conversation	Cancer Research UK	Science	39	Acast	83
52	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
53	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
54	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	445	Megaphone	62
55	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
56	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
57	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
58	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
59	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
60	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
61	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
62	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
63	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
64	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
65	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
66	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	249	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
68	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
69	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
70	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
71	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
72	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
73	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
74	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
75	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	242	Unknown	73
76	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
77	Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists	The Naked Scientists	Science	233	Acast	53
78	Wild Questions	RSPB	Science	6	Acast	69
79	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
80	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
81	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	752	Megaphone	63
82	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	481	Megaphone	63
83	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
84	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
85	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	382	ART19	42
86	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
87	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	450	Spreaker	54
88	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
89	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
90	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
91	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
92	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1583	Simplecast	58
93	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	191	Omny Studio	48
94	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
95	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
96	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
97	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
98	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
99	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
100	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	572	Libsyn	68

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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