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 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 441

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. ABC Australia (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Acast (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
4	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
9	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	521	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
13	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
15	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
16	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
17	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
18	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
19	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
20	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
21	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
22	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
23	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
24	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
25	ZSL's Wildest Moments	ZSL	Science	10	Libsyn	83
26	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
27	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	49	Podbean	62
28	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
29	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	369	Transistor	73
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
32	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	695	Megaphone	63
33	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
35	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
36	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
37	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
40	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
41	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
42	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
43	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
44	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
45	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
46	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
47	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
48	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
49	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
50	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
51	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
52	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
53	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	744	Megaphone	63
54	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
55	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
56	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
57	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
58	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
59	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	314	Megaphone	53
60	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
61	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
62	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
63	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	366	Megaphone	53
64	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
65	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
66	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
67	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
68	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
69	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
70	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	627	Spreaker	69
71	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
72	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
73	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
74	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	856	BBC	28
75	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
76	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	240	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
78	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
79	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
80	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
81	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
82	Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production)	Josh Turknett, MD	Science	99	Libsyn	48
83	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
84	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
85	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
86	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
87	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
88	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
89	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
90	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
91	The Science Show	ABC Australia	Science	250	ABC Australia	38
92	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
93	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
94	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
95	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1417	Simplecast	63
96	The Best of Coast to Coast AM	iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM	Science	2010	Omny Studio	48
97	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1569	Simplecast	58
98	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1363	Omny Studio	38
99	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
100	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53

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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