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 11 Oct 2025

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10/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Our Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
2	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
3	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
4	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
5	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
6	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
7	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
10	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
11	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
12	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
13	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
15	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
16	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
17	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
18	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
20	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
21	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
22	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
23	The Wandering Ecologist Podcast	Penny Green	Science	13	Buzzsprout	51
24	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
25	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
26	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
28	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
29	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
31	Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C	Planet B Productions	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	42
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
33	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
34	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
35	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
36	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
37	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
39	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
40	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
41	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
42	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
43	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
44	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
45	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
46	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
47	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
48	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
49	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
50	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
51	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	476	ABC Australia	32
52	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
53	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
54	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	495	Libsyn	49
55	Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast	The Cosmic Shambles Network	Science & Medicine	3	Soundcloud	32
56	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
57	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	51	BBC	43
58	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
59	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
60	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
61	Citizen Zoo’s Rewilding Podcast	Citizen Zoo	Science	15	Podbean	31
62	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
63	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
64	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
65	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
66	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
67	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
68	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
69	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
70	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
71	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
72	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
73	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	35	Podbean	37
74	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
75	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
76	From First Principles	Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
77	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
78	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
79	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
80	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	148	Simplecast	58
81	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
82	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
83	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
84	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
86	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
87	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
88	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
89	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
90	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	671	Spreaker	59
91	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	568	Libsyn	68
92	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1109	Libsyn	38
93	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
94	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
95	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
97	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
98	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	458	Spreaker	59
99	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
100	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68

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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