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 28 Jun 2026

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06/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 432

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:42

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (3 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. BBC (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (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	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
3	Change Your Mind with New Scientist	New Scientist	Science	22	Megaphone	58
4	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	40	Acast	94
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
13	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
15	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
16	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
17	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
18	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
21	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
22	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
24	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
27	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
28	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
29	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
31	Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE	AsapSCIENCE	Science	336	Acast	49
32	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
33	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
34	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
35	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
36	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
37	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
38	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
39	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
40	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
41	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
42	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
44	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
45	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
46	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
47	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
48	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	267	Omny Studio	63
49	Saving the World From Bad Ideas	WePlanet	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
50	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
51	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
52	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
53	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
54	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
55	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
56	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
57	Meet the Farmers	Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media	Science	407	Simplecast	43
58	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
59	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
60	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
61	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
62	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
64	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	743	Megaphone	63
65	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
66	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
67	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
68	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
69	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
70	The Animal Heartbeat	Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos	Science	49	Buzzsprout	58
71	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
72	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
73	Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing	Merraki Media LLC	Science	7	Simplecast	52
74	The Future of Everything	Stanford Engineering	Science	395	Simplecast	69
75	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
76	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
77	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
78	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
79	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	601	ART19	42
80	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
81	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
82	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Bedtime Astronomy	Synthetic Universe	Science	589	Spreaker	54
84	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
85	The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element	Chemistry World	Science	641	Libsyn	32
86	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
87	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
88	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
89	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
90	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
91	UAP Files Podcast	UAP Files Podcast	Science	224	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
93	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
94	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
95	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
96	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
97	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
98	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
99	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
100	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79

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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