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 25 Oct 2025

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10/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:44:51

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (11 shows)

2. BBC World Service (4 shows)

3. New Scientist (2 shows)

4. Our Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Acast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Breakthroughs Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Pfizer	Science	13	Simplecast	53
2	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	169	BBC	38
3	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	242	BBC	38
4	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1150	BBC	28
5	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	24	Omny Studio	79
6	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	676	Simplecast	63
7	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1140	Simplecast	62
8	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	538	Simplecast	63
9	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	94	Audioboom	73
10	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	675	BBC	38
11	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
12	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	359	BBC	38
13	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
14	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	474	Megaphone	53
15	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
16	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
17	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
18	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
19	Ingenious: how research transforms our world	UoAMediaTeam	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	58
20	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
21	Science In Action	BBC World Service	Science	335	BBC	43
22	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	514	Libsyn	48
23	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	700	Megaphone	63
24	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	350	Megaphone	69
25	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	127	Megaphone	58
26	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	479	ART19	69
27	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	449	Libsyn	42
28	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	812	BBC	28
29	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	856	Omny Studio	48
30	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	52	Simplecast	62
31	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	25	BBC	38
32	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1604	Unknown	48
33	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1300	Acast	48
34	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	733	Libsyn	43
35	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	516	BBC	48
36	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	374	Transistor	73
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	89	Buzzsprout	72
39	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
40	Instant Genius	Our Media	Science	688	Megaphone	59
41	Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C	Planet B Productions	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	479	ABC Australia	32
43	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	416	Acast	89
44	A Life More Wild	Canopy & Stars	Science	75	Megaphone	53
45	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	265	Captivate	79
46	Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara	Dr. Tara Swart Bieber	Science	31	Simplecast	68
47	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	125	Acast	59
48	Shocked	UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, Michael Greenstone, Amy Harder	Science	14	Simplecast	69
49	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	160	Buzzsprout	48
50	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	927	Acast	43
51	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
52	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	308	Omny Studio	62
53	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
54	Unexpected Elements	BBC World Service	Science	349	BBC	38
55	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
56	UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast	Gamut Podcast Network	Science	381	ART19	42
57	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
58	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	247	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Naturebang	BBC Radio 4	Science	41	BBC	33
60	Citizen Zoo’s Rewilding Podcast	Citizen Zoo	Science	15	Podbean	31
61	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	285	Libsyn	42
62	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	469	BBC	28
63	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	71	BBC	28
64	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	217	Megaphone	73
65	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	389	Podbean	41
66	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	117	Buzzsprout	53
67	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	320	Megaphone	53
68	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
69	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	373	PRX	53
70	Skeptics with a K	Skeptic Media Limited	Science	498	Libsyn	49
71	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1111	Libsyn	38
72	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	401	Transistor	68
73	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	110	Megaphone	69
74	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
75	The Threshold	Foreign Policy	Science	9	Megaphone	94
76	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	751	Megaphone	63
77	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1000	Spreaker	79
78	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	502	Buzzsprout	42
79	Let's Learn Everything!	Maximum Fun	Science	150	Simplecast	58
80	Stuff To Blow Your Mind	iHeartPodcasts	Science	2000	Omny Studio	49
81	Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries	Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley	Science	678	Spreaker	59
82	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	479	Megaphone	63
83	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	858	BBC	28
84	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	435	Libsyn	52
85	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	143	Libsyn	78
86	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
87	Physics World Weekly Podcast	Physics World	Science	100	Blubrry	43
88	Need To Know	Bryce Zabel	Science	83	Megaphone	69
89	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	631	Spreaker	69
90	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	209	Audioboom	47
91	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	447	Spreaker	54
92	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
93	The Michael Shermer Show	Michael Shermer	Science	645	Libsyn	58
94	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
95	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
96	The Wandering Ecologist Podcast	Penny Green	Science	13	Buzzsprout	51
97	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	1045	ABC Australia	43
98	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
99	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
100	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	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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