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 Jun 2026

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06/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 392

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:22

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Synthetic Universe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (14 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 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	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
10	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
11	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
12	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
15	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
18	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
19	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
21	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
22	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
23	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
27	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
28	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
29	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
30	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
31	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
32	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
34	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
35	Saving the World From Bad Ideas	WePlanet	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
36	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
37	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
39	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
40	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
41	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
42	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
43	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
44	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
45	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
46	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
47	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
49	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
50	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
51	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
52	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
53	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
54	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
55	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
56	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
57	At the Edge	Peter Cairns	Science	11	Captivate	73
58	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
59	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
60	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
61	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
62	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
63	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
64	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
65	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
66	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
67	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	48	Podbean	62
68	UAP Files Podcast	UAP Files Podcast	Science	224	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
70	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
71	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
72	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
73	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
74	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
75	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
76	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
77	Space & Sexuality	Joe Jukes	Science	9	Spreaker	84
78	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
80	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
81	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
82	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
83	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
84	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
85	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
86	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
87	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
88	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
89	The Quark Side - Quantum Physics Podcast	Synthetic Universe	Science	119	Spreaker	38
90	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
91	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
92	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	158	Buzzsprout	53
93	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
94	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
95	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	473	Megaphone	63
96	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
97	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
98	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
100	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68

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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