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 18 Sep 2025

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09/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. New Scientist (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1146	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	166	BBC	38
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	535	Simplecast	63
7	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
8	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
9	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	510	Libsyn	48
10	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1135	Simplecast	62
11	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1294	Acast	48
12	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
13	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	673	Simplecast	63
15	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	520	Spotify for Podcasters	28
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	672	BBC	38
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
19	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	471	Megaphone	53
20	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
22	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
23	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	123	Acast	59
24	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
25	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
26	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	446	Libsyn	42
27	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	513	BBC	48
28	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
29	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	207	Audioboom	47
30	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	807	BBC	28
32	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
33	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
34	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
35	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
36	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
37	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
38	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	368	Transistor	73
39	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	257	Megaphone	38
40	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	729	Libsyn	43
41	Where The Wild Thoughts Are	Jo Marchant	Science	19	Acast	89
42	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
43	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	23	BBC	38
44	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
45	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	29	PRX	69
47	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	79	Megaphone	83
48	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	347	Megaphone	69
49	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	694	Megaphone	63
50	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	159	PRX	69
51	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	365	Megaphone	53
52	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	850	Omny Studio	48
53	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	855	BBC	28
54	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
55	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	635	Megaphone	58
56	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	158	Buzzsprout	48
57	Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke	Dr. James Cooke	Science	209	Libsyn	32
58	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
59	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	413	Acast	89
60	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	313	Megaphone	53
61	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	497	Buzzsprout	42
62	Climate Curious	TEDxLondon	Science	261	Acast	69
63	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	643	Libsyn	58
64	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	87	Buzzsprout	72
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	386	Podbean	41
66	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
67	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	368	PRX	53
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	141	Libsyn	78
70	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	76	PRX	59
71	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
72	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
73	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
74	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1568	Simplecast	58
75	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
76	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	346	BBC	38
77	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	808	Acast	59
78	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1593	Unknown	48
79	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
80	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
81	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
82	The Astrophysics Podcast	Paul Duffell	Science	32	RSS.com	47
83	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	376	ART19	42
84	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	429	Libsyn	52
85	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	305	Omny Studio	62
87	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
88	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
89	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
90	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	683	Megaphone	59
91	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
92	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	584	ART19	62
93	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
94	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
95	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	398	Transistor	68
96	What it Means To Be Human	Dan Zetterstrom / Double Barrel	Religion & Spirituality	25	Castos	58
97	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
98	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
99	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	442	Megaphone	62
100	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63

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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