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 16 sept. 2025

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09/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 392

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:39

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. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
2	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
3	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
4	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
6	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1288	Acast	48
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
8	StarTalk Radio	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1129	Simplecast	68
9	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
12	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
13	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
14	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
15	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
18	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
19	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
20	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	155	PRX	74
21	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
22	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
23	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
24	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
25	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
26	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
27	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
28	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
29	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
30	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
31	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
32	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
33	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
34	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
35	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
36	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
37	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
38	Climate Curious	TEDxLondon	Science	261	Acast	69
39	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
40	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
41	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
42	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
43	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	28
44	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
45	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	73	Megaphone	53
46	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
47	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	343	BBC	38
48	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	640	Libsyn	58
49	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	677	Megaphone	59
50	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
51	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
52	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
53	Where The Wild Thoughts Are	Jo Marchant	Science	19	Acast	89
54	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	844	Omny Studio	48
55	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
56	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
57	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
58	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
59	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
60	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
61	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
62	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	364	PRX	53
63	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
64	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
65	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
66	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	302	Omny Studio	62
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	394	Transistor	68
69	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
70	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1581	Unknown	48
71	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	629	Megaphone	58
72	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
73	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	805	Acast	59
74	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
75	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
76	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
77	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
78	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
79	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	371	ART19	42
81	Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo	Bigfoot and Beyond LLC	Science	456	Spreaker	59
82	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
83	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
84	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
85	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
86	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	439	Megaphone	62
87	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	582	ART19	62
88	Podcast UFO	Producer: Donna Killeen	Science	980	Spreaker	53
89	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
90	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
91	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
92	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
93	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
94	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
95	Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History	Dylan Wilmeth	Science	69	Captivate	38
96	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
97	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	147	Simplecast	58
98	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1188	Spreaker	53
99	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
100	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	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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