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 Jun 2025

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06/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 400

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. National Trust (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Acast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
5	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
6	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
10	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
11	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
12	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
13	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
14	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
15	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
18	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
19	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
20	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
21	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
22	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
23	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
24	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
25	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
26	Hard Drugs	Saloni Dattani & Jacob Trefethen	Science	12	Transistor	68
27	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
28	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
29	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	80	Audioboom	59
30	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
31	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
32	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
33	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
34	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
35	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
36	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
37	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	813	BBC	28
38	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
39	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
40	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
41	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
42	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
43	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	59
44	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
45	The 'Perfect' Specimen	The Natural History Museum, London	Science	30	Libsyn	68
46	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	24	BBC	38
47	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
48	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	54	BBC	43
49	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
50	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	94	Audioboom	73
51	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
52	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
53	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
54	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
55	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
56	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
57	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
58	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
59	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
62	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
63	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
64	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
65	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
66	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
67	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	391	Podbean	41
68	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	160	Buzzsprout	53
69	Alive Again	iHeartPodcasts	Science	47	Omny Studio	89
70	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
71	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
72	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
73	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
74	Others From Another Mother	Dan Cleary and Chad Shlosser	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
76	Science Friday	Science Friday and WNYC Studios	Science	1433	Simplecast	63
77	Robinson's Podcast	Robinson Erhardt	Science	304	Spotify for Podcasters	52
78	Paranormal Portal	Paranormal Portal - Ufo's Paranormal Ghosts	Science	491	Spreaker	69
79	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
80	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
81	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
82	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
83	The Energy Podcast	Shell	Science	51	Omny Studio	63
84	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
85	Our Ocean	Seaful \| Cal Major	Science	28	Alitu	63
86	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
87	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
88	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	368	Megaphone	53
89	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
90	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
91	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
92	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
93	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
94	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	448	Spreaker	54
95	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
96	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
97	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
98	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
99	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	811	Acast	59
100	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	66	Squarespace	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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