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 19 Sep 2025

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09/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 330

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. National Trust (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	26	Omny Studio	79
2	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
3	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
5	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	171	BBC	38
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
7	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
9	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
10	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
11	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
12	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1304	Acast	48
13	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	678	Simplecast	63
15	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	677	BBC	38
17	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
18	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
20	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	361	BBC	38
21	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	476	Megaphone	53
22	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
23	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
24	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
25	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
26	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
27	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
28	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
29	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
30	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
31	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
32	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	816	BBC	28
33	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
34	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
35	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
36	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	518	BBC	48
37	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	418	Acast	89
38	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
39	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	91	Buzzsprout	72
40	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
41	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
42	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
43	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
44	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
45	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
46	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
47	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	704	Megaphone	63
48	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
49	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
50	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	289	Megaphone	38
51	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	55	BBC	43
52	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59
54	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
55	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	72	BBC	28
56	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
57	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
58	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	646	Libsyn	58
59	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
60	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
61	Opinionated History of Mathematics	Intellectual Mathematics	Science	40	Blubrry Podcasting	38
62	Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke	Dr. James Cooke	Science	209	Libsyn	32
63	What it Means To Be Human	Dan Zetterstrom / Double Barrel	Religion & Spirituality	25	Castos	58
64	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
65	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
66	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
67	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
68	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
69	Where The Wild Thoughts Are	Jo Marchant	Science	19	Acast	89
70	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
71	The BVOA Podcast	bvoa	Science	3	Podbean	42
72	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
73	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
74	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
75	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
76	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
77	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	267	Captivate	79
78	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	145	Libsyn	78
79	Climate Curious	TEDxLondon	Science	261	Acast	69
80	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
81	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	59
82	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
83	Into the Impossible With Brian Keating	Big Bang Productions Inc.	Science	645	Megaphone	58
84	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
85	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
86	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	385	ART19	42
87	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	813	Acast	59
88	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
89	MinuteEarth	Minute Earth	Science	449	Megaphone	59
90	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	403	Transistor	68
91	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	321	BBC	38
92	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
93	Mythfits	Pionaire Podcasting	Science	82	Audioboom	59
94	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	96	Audioboom	73
95	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
96	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
97	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
98	I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast	I KNOW DINO, LLC	Science	586	ART19	62
99	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
100	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	351	BBC	38

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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