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 Apr 2026

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04/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 402

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:47:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

5. Knepp.co.uk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. Acast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	94	Megaphone	83
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
4	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
8	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
10	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
12	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
17	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
21	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
22	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
23	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
27	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
29	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
31	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
32	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
33	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
34	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
35	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
36	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
37	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
38	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
39	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
40	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
41	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
42	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
44	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
45	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
46	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
47	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
48	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
49	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
50	Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman	iHeartPodcasts	Science	187	Omny Studio	48
51	Wild Thing	Foxtopus Ink	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	63
52	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
54	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
55	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
56	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
57	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
58	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
59	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
60	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
61	The Knepp Wilding Podcast	Knepp.co.uk	Science	53	Buzzsprout	37
62	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
63	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
64	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
65	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
66	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
69	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
70	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
71	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
72	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
73	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
74	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
75	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
76	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
77	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
78	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
79	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
80	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
81	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
82	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
83	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
85	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
86	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
88	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
89	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
90	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
91	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
92	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	158	Substack	48
93	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
94	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
95	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1344	Megaphone	58
96	Expanded Perspectives	Expanded Perspectives	Science	493	Audioboom	53
97	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
98	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
99	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
100	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43

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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