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 May 2026

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05/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 424

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:47:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (12 shows)

5. Acast (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	1152	BBC	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	26	Megaphone	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
6	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
9	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	15	BBC	43
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
11	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
15	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
16	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
19	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
20	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
21	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
23	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
24	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
25	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
26	Are We Doomed?	NPR Network	Science	28	PRX	69
27	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	339	Acast	49
28	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
29	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
30	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
32	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
33	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
34	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
35	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
36	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
37	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
39	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
40	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
41	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
42	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
43	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
44	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
45	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
46	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
47	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
48	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	8	Simplecast	52
49	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
50	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
51	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
52	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
53	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
54	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
55	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
57	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
58	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
59	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
60	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
61	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
62	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
65	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
67	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
68	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
69	Others From Another Mother	Dan Cleary and Chad Shlosser	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
71	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
72	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1584	Simplecast	58
73	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
74	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
75	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
76	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
78	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
79	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
80	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
81	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	644	Spreaker	54
82	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
83	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
85	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	451	Spreaker	54
86	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
87	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
88	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
89	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
90	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
91	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
92	Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat	Orion Publishing Ltd.	Science	9	Acast	79
93	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
94	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
95	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
96	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
97	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
98	Connect to Nature	Immediate	Science	21	Megaphone	68
99	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
100	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	35	Simplecast	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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