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 Sep 2025

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09/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 341

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:22

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. Our Media (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. National Trust (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (11 shows)

5. Acast (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	The End Of The World with Josh Clark	iHeartPodcasts	Science	13	Omny Studio	63
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1152	BBC	28
5	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	244	BBC	38
6	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	540	Simplecast	63
7	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	678	Simplecast	63
8	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	171	BBC	38
9	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1143	Simplecast	62
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	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	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	476	Megaphone	53
15	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	516	Libsyn	48
16	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	677	BBC	38
17	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	554	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1304	Acast	48
19	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
20	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	451	Libsyn	42
21	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	128	Megaphone	58
22	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
23	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	72	BBC	28
24	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	378	Transistor	73
25	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	518	BBC	48
26	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
27	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	361	BBC	38
28	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
29	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	352	Megaphone	69
30	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	126	Acast	59
31	Opinionated History of Mathematics	Intellectual Mathematics	Science	40	Blubrry Podcasting	38
32	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	38
33	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
34	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
35	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	704	Megaphone	63
36	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
37	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	210	Audioboom	47
38	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
39	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
40	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
41	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	816	BBC	28
42	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
43	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	439	Libsyn	52
44	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
45	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
46	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
47	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	310	Omny Studio	62
48	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	323	Megaphone	53
49	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	504	Buzzsprout	42
50	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	91	Buzzsprout	72
51	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	860	Omny Studio	48
52	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	289	Megaphone	38
53	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
54	Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke	Dr. James Cooke	Science	209	Libsyn	32
55	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	418	Acast	89
56	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
57	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	860	BBC	28
58	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	218	Megaphone	73
59	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	162	Buzzsprout	48
60	Lost Women of Science	Lost Women of Science	Science	161	PRX	69
61	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1612	Unknown	48
62	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
63	Why Do We Do That?	BBC Radio 4	Science	36	BBC	59
64	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	351	BBC	38
65	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
66	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	370	Megaphone	53
67	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	385	ART19	42
68	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	267	Captivate	79
69	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
70	Ask the Naked Scientists	Dr Chris Smith	Science	813	Acast	59
71	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
72	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
73	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1113	Libsyn	38
74	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	456	Spreaker	54
75	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
76	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	482	ABC Australia	32
77	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	403	Transistor	68
78	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
79	Why? with Emma Kennedy	Podmasters	Science	75	Acast	89
80	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	145	Libsyn	78
81	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
82	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
83	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	392	Podbean	41
84	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	692	Megaphone	59
85	Origin Stories	The Leakey Foundation	Science	95	Libsyn	68
86	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
87	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	376	PRX	53
88	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
89	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
90	The Joy of Why	Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine	Science	78	PRX	59
91	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
92	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	151	Simplecast	58
93	The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss	Lawrence M. Krauss	Science	160	Substack	48
94	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	96	Audioboom	73
95	Nature Fix	National Trust	Science	13	Audioboom	63
96	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
97	The Numberphile Podcast	Brady Haran	Science & Medicine	67	Squarespace	48
98	The BVOA Podcast	bvoa	Science	3	Podbean	42
99	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
100	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	34	PRX	59

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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