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 Nov 2025

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11/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 399

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:06

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. Our Media (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
5	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
6	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
9	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
10	Breakthroughs Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	14	Simplecast	53
11	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	95	Buzzsprout	43
15	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
16	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
20	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
21	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
26	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
27	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
29	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
30	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
31	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
32	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
33	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
34	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
35	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
37	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
38	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
39	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
40	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
41	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
42	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
43	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
44	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
45	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
46	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
47	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
49	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
51	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
52	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
53	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
54	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
55	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
56	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
57	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
58	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
59	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
60	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
61	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
62	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
63	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
64	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
66	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
67	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
68	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	492	Libsyn	49
69	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
70	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
73	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
74	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
75	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
76	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
77	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
78	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
79	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
80	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
81	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
82	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
83	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
84	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
85	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
86	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
87	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
88	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
89	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
90	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
91	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
92	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	116	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
94	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
95	Elements	BBC World Service	Science	65	BBC	33
96	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
97	Real Ghost Stories Online	Real Ghost Stories Online \| Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio	Science	500	Audioboom	48
98	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
99	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
100	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63

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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