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 25 Feb 2026

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02/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 436

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:57

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (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	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
6	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
12	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
13	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
14	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
15	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
16	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
17	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
18	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
20	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
21	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
22	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
23	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
24	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
25	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
26	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
27	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
28	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
29	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
30	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
31	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
32	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
34	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
35	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
36	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
37	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
39	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
40	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
41	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
42	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
43	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
45	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
47	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
48	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
49	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
50	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
51	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
52	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
53	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
54	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
55	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
56	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
57	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
58	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
59	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
60	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
61	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
62	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
63	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
64	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
66	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
67	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
68	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
69	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
70	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
72	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
73	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
74	Shirtloads of Science	Dr Karl Kruszelnicki	Science	478	Libsyn	48
75	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
76	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
77	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
78	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
79	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
80	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
81	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	438	Spreaker	54
82	Science Friction	ABC	Science	304	ABC Australia	59
83	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
84	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
85	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
86	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
87	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
88	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
89	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
90	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
91	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
92	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
93	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
94	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
95	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
96	Geology Bites	Oliver Strimpel	Science	128	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	286	Libsyn	48
98	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
99	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
100	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73

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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