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 29 Nov 2025

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11/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 401

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (3 shows)

5. Velvet (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
6	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
7	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
9	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
10	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
11	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
12	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
13	Breakthroughs Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	14	Simplecast	53
14	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
16	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
17	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
18	The Swiss Connection	SWI swissinfo.ch	Science	95	Buzzsprout	43
19	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
20	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
21	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
24	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
25	Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts	Keep It Light Media	Science	74	Megaphone	38
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
29	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
30	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
31	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
32	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
33	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
35	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
36	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
39	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
40	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
41	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
42	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
45	Operation Night Cat	New Hampshire Public Radio	Science	4	Megaphone	73
46	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
47	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	699	Libsyn	43
48	Wild Lives	Our Media	Science	14	Megaphone	79
49	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
50	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
51	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
53	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
54	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	492	Libsyn	49
55	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
56	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
57	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
58	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
59	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
60	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
61	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
62	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
63	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
64	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
65	Emonthebrain	Emily McDonald	Science	46	Podbean	62
66	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
67	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	667	Spreaker	59
70	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
71	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
72	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
73	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
74	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
75	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
76	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
77	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
78	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
79	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
80	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
81	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
82	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
83	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
84	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
85	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
86	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	85	ART19	52
87	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
88	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	466	Megaphone	63
89	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
90	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
91	Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History	Dylan Wilmeth	Science	69	Captivate	38
92	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
93	Elements	BBC World Service	Science	65	BBC	33
94	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
95	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
96	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1402	Simplecast	63
97	Ask a Spaceman!	Paul M. Sutter	Science	285	Libsyn	48
98	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
99	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
100	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	143	Buzzsprout	48

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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