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 Oct 2025

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10/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 401

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 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. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Acast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	167	BBC	38
2	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	22	Omny Studio	79
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1148	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1136	Simplecast	62
6	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
7	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	536	Simplecast	63
9	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
10	Breakthroughs Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	13	Simplecast	53
11	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	673	BBC	38
12	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	357	BBC	38
13	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	870	Simplecast	63
14	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	629	Simplecast	48
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	512	Libsyn	48
16	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	526	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C	Planet B Productions	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	42
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	472	Megaphone	53
19	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
20	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	126	Megaphone	58
21	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
22	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
23	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
24	Sweet Little Human	Orkan Media	Science	11	Buzzsprout	83
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	447	Libsyn	42
26	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	124	Acast	59
27	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
28	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	348	Megaphone	69
29	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
30	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1296	Acast	48
31	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	809	BBC	28
32	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
33	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
34	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	370	Transistor	73
35	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	852	Omny Studio	48
36	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	696	Megaphone	63
37	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	414	Acast	89
38	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	514	BBC	48
39	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
40	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	74	Megaphone	53
41	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	730	Libsyn	43
42	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
43	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
44	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	317	BBC	38
45	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
46	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	306	Omny Studio	62
47	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	431	Libsyn	52
48	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1597	Unknown	48
49	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	208	Audioboom	47
50	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	477	ABC Australia	32
51	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	88	Buzzsprout	72
52	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
53	The Wandering Ecologist Podcast	Penny Green	Science	13	Buzzsprout	51
54	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	284	Libsyn	42
55	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	159	Buzzsprout	48
56	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
57	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
58	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	628	Spreaker	69
59	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	684	Megaphone	59
60	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	109	Megaphone	69
61	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	222	Simplecast	58
62	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
65	Short Wave	NPR	Science	1572	Simplecast	58
66	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	856	BBC	28
67	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	347	BBC	38
68	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	378	ART19	42
69	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
70	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	263	Megaphone	38
71	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
72	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	498	Buzzsprout	42
73	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1043	ABC Australia	43
74	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
75	The Earth Set Podcast	Earth Set	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	62
76	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	52	BBC	43
77	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
78	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	673	Spreaker	59
79	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
80	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	475	Megaphone	63
81	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	94	Libsyn	68
82	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
83	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1110	Libsyn	38
84	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
85	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	399	Transistor	68
86	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	315	Megaphone	53
87	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	263	Captivate	79
88	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	496	Libsyn	49
89	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	745	Megaphone	63
90	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	268	Omny Studio	63
91	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
92	Fortean Winds	RamX	Science	40	Buzzsprout	68
93	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	644	Libsyn	58
94	Ancient Aliens	PodcastOne	Science	89	ART19	52
95	Earthfiles Podcast with Linda Moulton Howe	Linda Moulton Howe	Science	100	Podbean	47
96	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
98	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	809	Acast	59
99	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	215	Megaphone	73
100	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	43	Podigee	79

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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