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 12 May 2025

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05/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1144	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	533	Simplecast	63
7	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	470	Megaphone	53
8	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	509	Libsyn	48
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
12	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	76	Audioboom	59
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	868	Simplecast	63
14	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	367	Transistor	73
15	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	671	BBC	38
16	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1133	Simplecast	62
17	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
18	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	206	Audioboom	47
19	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
20	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	346	Megaphone	69
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	125	Megaphone	58
22	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
23	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
24	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
25	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1292	Acast	48
26	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	805	BBC	28
27	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	693	Megaphone	63
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	848	Omny Studio	48
30	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	468	BBC	28
31	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	412	Acast	89
32	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
33	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	304	Omny Studio	62
34	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
35	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
36	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
37	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1108	Libsyn	38
38	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
39	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	512	BBC	48
40	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
41	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
42	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	424	Audioboom	38
43	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
44	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	283	Libsyn	42
45	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
46	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	157	Buzzsprout	48
47	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
48	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
49	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
50	AWESOME ASTRONOMY	Paul & Dr Jeni	Science	373	Libsyn	38
51	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	93	Libsyn	68
52	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1041	ABC Australia	43
53	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	316	BBC	38
54	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
55	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
56	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
57	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
58	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
59	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	681	Megaphone	59
60	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	157	Buzzsprout	53
61	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
62	Saving the World From Bad Ideas	WePlanet	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
63	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
64	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
65	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
66	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
67	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
69	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	385	Podbean	41
70	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
71	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
72	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
73	The Wild with Chris Morgan	KUOW News and Information	Science	140	Omny Studio	42
74	Life in the Lab	Association for Laboratory Medicine	Science	10	Buzzsprout	63
75	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
76	New Books in Psychoanalysis	Marshall Poe	Science	424	Simplecast	63
77	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
78	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	345	BBC	38
79	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1589	Unknown	48
80	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
81	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
82	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
83	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	75	PRX	59
84	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	33	Simplecast	68
85	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	374	ART19	42
86	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
87	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
88	Speed & Scale	TED	Science	75	Acast	69
89	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	495	Buzzsprout	42
90	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
91	The Episodic Table of Elements	T. R. Appleton	Science	98	Blubrry	48
92	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
93	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	626	Spreaker	69
94	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	475	ABC Australia	32
95	ScienceStuff	iHeartPodcasts	Science	68	Omny Studio	53
96	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
97	Manifold	Steve Hsu	Science	172	Transistor	58
98	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
99	In Defense of Plants Podcast	In Defense of Plants	Science	600	ART19	42
100	Wilder Podcast	Grange Project	Science	54	Captivate	83

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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