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 05 Sep 2025

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09/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:43

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
2	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
4	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
5	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
6	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
8	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
10	Normal Curves: Sexy Science, Serious Statistics	Regina Nuzzo and Kristin Sainani	Science	17	Transistor	73
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
12	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
13	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
15	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
17	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
18	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
19	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
20	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
21	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
22	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
23	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
24	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
25	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
26	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
27	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
28	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
29	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
30	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
31	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
32	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
33	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
34	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
35	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
36	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
37	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
38	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
39	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	92	ART19	52
40	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
41	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
42	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
43	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
44	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
45	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	815	BBC	28
46	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
47	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	691	Megaphone	59
48	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
49	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
50	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
51	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	250	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
53	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
54	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
55	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
56	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
57	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
58	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
59	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
60	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	503	Buzzsprout	42
61	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
62	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
63	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
64	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
65	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
66	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	33	RSS.com	47
67	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
68	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
69	Where Is My Mind?	Mark Gober and Blue Duck Media	Science	9	WideOrbit	58
70	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
71	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
72	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
73	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
74	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
75	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	499	Libsyn	49
76	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
77	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Science unscripted	DW	Science	100	Unknown	43
79	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
80	Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science	The Planetary Society	Science	1369	Omny Studio	38
81	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	634	Spreaker	69
82	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	144	Libsyn	78
83	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
84	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
85	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
86	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	369	Megaphone	53
88	Flash Forward	Rose Eveleth	Science	186	N/A	N/A
89	Where The Wild Thoughts Are	Jo Marchant	Science	19	Acast	89
90	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
91	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
92	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
93	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	586	ART19	62
94	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
95	Plant People	New York Botanical Garden	Science	32	PRX	74
96	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
97	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	482	Megaphone	63
98	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
99	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
100	The Turing Podcast	The Alan Turing Institute	Science	69	Podbean	37

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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