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 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:47:02

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	89	Megaphone	83
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1131	Simplecast	62
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1141	BBC	28
5	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
6	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
7	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	39	Acast	94
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	504	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	532	Simplecast	63
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	671	Simplecast	63
14	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
15	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	508	Libsyn	48
17	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	468	Megaphone	53
18	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
19	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	63
20	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
21	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
22	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
23	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	364	Transistor	73
24	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	411	Acast	89
25	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	802	BBC	28
26	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
27	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
28	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	345	Megaphone	69
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
31	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	427	Libsyn	52
32	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
33	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
34	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
35	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
36	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1290	Acast	48
37	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
38	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	511	BBC	48
39	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	440	Megaphone	62
40	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
41	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	846	Omny Studio	48
42	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	467	BBC	28
43	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
44	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	310	Megaphone	53
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
47	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	124	Megaphone	58
48	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
49	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	373	ART19	42
50	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
51	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
52	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
53	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
54	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
55	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
56	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
57	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
58	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
59	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
60	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	344	BBC	38
61	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
62	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	18	Megaphone	58
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	735	Megaphone	63
64	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
65	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	700	Libsyn	43
66	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	678	Megaphone	59
67	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	553	Spreaker	64
68	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	282	Libsyn	42
69	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
70	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
71	Muscle Lab Podcast	The Muscle Lab	Science	1	Buzzsprout	42
72	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	641	Libsyn	58
73	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
74	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
75	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
76	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1560	Simplecast	58
77	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
78	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
79	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
80	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1585	Unknown	48
81	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
82	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
83	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
84	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	233	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
86	BioCentury This Week	BioCentury	Science	397	Buzzsprout	58
87	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
88	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
89	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
90	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
91	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48
92	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
93	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	57	Spotify for Podcasters	68
94	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
95	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
96	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	292	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
98	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	468	Megaphone	63
99	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
100	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	31	RSS.com	52

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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