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 26 Feb 2026

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02/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 435

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:54

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
3	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
5	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
6	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
12	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
13	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
14	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
15	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
16	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
17	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
18	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
19	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
20	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
21	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
22	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
23	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
24	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
25	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
26	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
27	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
28	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
30	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
31	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
32	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
33	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
35	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
36	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
37	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
38	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
39	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
40	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
41	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
42	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
45	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
46	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
47	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
48	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
49	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
50	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
51	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
52	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
53	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
54	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
55	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
56	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
57	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
58	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
59	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
60	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
61	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
62	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43
63	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
64	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	238	Unknown	73
65	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
66	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
67	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
68	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
69	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
70	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
71	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
72	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
73	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
74	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
75	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
76	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
77	Planet Visionaries – SEASON 6	A podcast in partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative	Science	61	Megaphone	73
78	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
79	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
80	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
81	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
82	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
83	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
84	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
85	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
86	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
87	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
88	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
89	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
90	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	986	Spreaker	53
91	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
92	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1095	PRX	63
93	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
94	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
95	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
96	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
97	Science Friction	ABC	Science	304	ABC Australia	59
98	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	438	Spreaker	54
99	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
100	Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio	Vic Cundiff	Science	562	Spreaker	49

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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