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 Jun 2026

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06/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 418

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:26

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
8	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
10	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
11	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
12	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
13	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
15	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
16	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
17	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
18	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
19	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
21	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
22	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
23	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
24	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
29	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
30	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
31	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
32	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
33	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
35	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
36	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
37	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
38	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
39	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
40	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
41	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
42	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
43	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
45	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
46	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
47	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
48	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
49	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
50	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
51	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43
52	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
55	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
56	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
57	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
58	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
60	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
61	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
62	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
63	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
64	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
65	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
66	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
67	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
68	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
69	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
70	New Scientist Colab Podcasts	DMG Media	Science	18	Megaphone	32
71	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
72	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
73	See See by Ceci	Dr. Cecilia Ponce Rivera	Science	57	Podigee	79
74	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
75	UAP Files Podcast	UAP Files Podcast	Science	224	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
77	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
78	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
80	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
81	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
82	The Science of Everything Podcast	James Fodor	Science	172	Podbean	31
83	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
84	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
85	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
86	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
87	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49
88	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
89	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
90	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
91	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
92	The Quark Side - Quantum Physics Podcast	Synthetic Universe	Science	119	Spreaker	38
93	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
94	Das Wissen \| SWR	SWR	Science	1306	Unknown	43
95	For the love of weather	Gemma Plumb & Aisling Creevey	Science	82	RSS.com	73
96	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
97	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
98	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
99	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
100	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38

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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