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 21 Aug 2025

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08/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:12

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. BBC World Service (5 shows)

3. National Trust (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. TED (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (15 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	243	BBC	38
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	170	BBC	38
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1151	BBC	28
5	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	539	Simplecast	63
7	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
8	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1142	Simplecast	62
10	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
12	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	376	Transistor	73
13	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	475	Megaphone	53
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	677	Simplecast	63
15	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	515	Libsyn	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	676	BBC	38
18	Making Science with Tom Whipple	The Times	Science	12	Acast	48
19	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
20	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
21	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
22	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	360	BBC	38
23	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
24	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
25	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
26	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1302	Acast	48
27	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	702	Megaphone	63
28	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	450	Libsyn	42
29	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
30	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
31	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
32	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	309	Omny Studio	62
33	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	350	BBC	38
34	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	814	BBC	28
35	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	517	BBC	48
36	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	90	Buzzsprout	72
37	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
38	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	858	Omny Studio	48
39	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
40	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	321	Megaphone	53
41	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	859	BBC	28
42	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
43	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	351	Megaphone	69
44	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	417	Acast	89
45	Cool Worlds Podcast	coolworldslab	Science	36	Podbean	37
46	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	437	Libsyn	52
47	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
48	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
49	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
50	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	732	Libsyn	43
51	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
52	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	161	Buzzsprout	48
53	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
54	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
55	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	320	BBC	38
56	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
57	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	690	Megaphone	59
58	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
59	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1112	Libsyn	38
60	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	383	ART19	42
61	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
62	Oceans: Life Under Water	Crowd Network \| Greenpeace UK	Science	27	Megaphone	69
63	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
64	Big Cat Conversations	Rick Minter	Science	144	Buzzsprout	48
65	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
66	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1607	Unknown	48
67	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
68	Win-Win with Liv Boeree	Liv Boeree	Science	58	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1047	ABC Australia	43
70	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
71	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
72	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
73	Science Fictions	Tom Chivers and Stuart Ritchie	Science	144	Substack	53
74	Speed & Scale	TED	Science	75	Acast	69
75	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
76	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	480	ABC Australia	32
77	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	71	Megaphone	53
78	Geology Bites: An Earth and Planetary Science Podcast	Oliver Strimpel	Science	129	Spotify for Podcasters	37
79	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
80	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	The Turing Podcast	The Alan Turing Institute	Science	69	Podbean	37
82	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
83	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	159	Substack	48
84	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
85	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	402	Transistor	68
86	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
87	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
88	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
89	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	633	Spreaker	69
90	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
91	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
92	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	374	PRX	53
93	Patterns Tell Stories \| UFOs & High Strangeness	KLAɄЅ & GΔRRΞTT	Science	82	Podbean	32
94	SCOPS Podcast	Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS)	Science	15	Simplecast	58
95	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
96	The Vet Record Podcast	Vet Record Podcast	Science	31	Podbean	37
97	Star Diary Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Sky at Night Magazine	Science	372	Megaphone	59
98	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
99	Houston We Have a Podcast	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	446	Megaphone	62
100	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73

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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