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 01 Nov 2025

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11/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 457

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (13 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Breakthroughs Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	13	Simplecast	53
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	178	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
4	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	458	Acast	38
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
6	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
7	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1139	Simplecast	62
9	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	673	BBC	38
11	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	869	Simplecast	63
12	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	714	Simplecast	48
14	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
18	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
19	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
20	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
21	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
22	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
23	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
24	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	731	Libsyn	43
25	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
26	Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C	Planet B Productions	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	42
27	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1123	Audioboom	48
29	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
30	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
31	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
32	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	605	Acast	63
33	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
34	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
36	Kindred	Kate Coffin	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	63
37	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	857	Omny Studio	48
38	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
39	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
40	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
41	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
42	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
43	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	751	ABC Australia	32
44	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
45	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
47	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
49	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
50	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
51	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
52	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
53	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
54	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
55	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
56	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
57	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43
58	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
59	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
60	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
61	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
62	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
63	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
64	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
65	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
66	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1191	Spreaker	53
67	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
68	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
69	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
70	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
71	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	777	Spreaker	59
72	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
73	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
74	The Micah Hanks Program	Micah Hanks	Science	702	Libsyn	43
75	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
76	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
77	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
78	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1963	Simplecast	58
79	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
80	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
81	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
82	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	949	Megaphone	63
83	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	749	Megaphone	59
84	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
85	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	269	Captivate	79
86	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
87	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
88	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
89	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
90	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
91	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
92	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
93	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	38	Libsyn	53
94	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	987	Spreaker	53
95	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
96	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1416	Simplecast	63
97	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	76	Megaphone	53
98	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	88	ART19	52
99	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1042	ABC Australia	43
100	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	371	Megaphone	73

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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