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 23 Jan 2026

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01/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 461

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:03

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (8 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. The Naked Scientists (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. BBC (13 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	102	Megaphone	83
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	900	BBC	28
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	251	BBC	38
4	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	182	BBC	38
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	458	Acast	38
6	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	42	Acast	94
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	721	Simplecast	48
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1147	Simplecast	62
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
11	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	364	BBC	38
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	873	Simplecast	63
14	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	129	Megaphone	58
15	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
16	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
17	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
20	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	677	BBC	38
21	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	735	Libsyn	43
24	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
25	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1135	Audioboom	48
26	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
28	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	865	Omny Studio	48
29	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
30	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
31	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
32	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
33	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
34	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	25	Omny Studio	79
35	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
36	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	609	Acast	63
38	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
39	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
40	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
41	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
42	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
43	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
46	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
48	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
49	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
50	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
51	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
52	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
53	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
55	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	706	Libsyn	43
56	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
57	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1194	Spreaker	53
58	Behind the Science	GSK	Science	5	Podbean	48
59	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
60	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
61	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	964	Megaphone	63
62	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	917	Libsyn	68
63	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	377	Megaphone	73
64	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
65	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	18	Megaphone	73
66	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
67	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	52	Podbean	62
68	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
69	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
70	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	459	Spreaker	54
71	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
72	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
73	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
74	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
75	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
76	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
77	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
78	That Cancer Conversation	Cancer Research UK	Science	39	Acast	83
79	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	144	Omny Studio	42
80	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
81	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
82	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
83	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
84	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
85	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
86	Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists	The Naked Scientists	Science	233	Acast	53
87	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1438	Simplecast	63
88	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	288	Libsyn	48
89	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	755	ABC Australia	32
90	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
91	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	786	Spreaker	59
92	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
93	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
94	Geology Bites: An Earth and Planetary Science Podcast	Oliver Strimpel	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	37
95	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1361	Megaphone	58
96	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	81	Audioboom	59
97	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	462	Spreaker	59
98	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
99	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
100	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42

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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