Science Weekly
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Science Weekly

by The Guardian

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 2.0M to 6.2M
Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: science

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
250+ episodes since 2023

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

technology
4
public health
4
ai
3
climate change
3
health
2
nutrition
2

Brands & references

Generic platforms filtered out.
High Confidence

Total monthly reach

2.0M to 6.2M

Estimated from 49 chart positions in 49 markets.

By chart position

  • 🇬🇧
    GB · Science
    #4
    1M to 3M
  • 🇦🇺
    AU · Science
    #32
    100K to 300K
  • 🇨🇦
    CA · Science
    #56
    30K to 100K
  • 🇩🇪
    DE · Science
    #79
    30K to 100K
  • 🇺🇸
    US · Science
    #105
    5K to 30K
  • Per-Episode Audience

    Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days

    601K to 1.9M
    🎙 Daily cadence·299 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
  • Monthly Reach

    Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)

    2.0M to 6.2M
    🇬🇧48%🇦🇺5%🇳🇱5%+46 more
  • Active Followers

    Loyal subscribers who consistently listen

    601K to 1.9M

Market Insights

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Platform Distribution

Reach across major podcast platforms, updated hourly

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* Data sourced directly from platform APIs and aggregated hourly across all major podcast directories.

On the show

From 34 eps

Hosts

MF
Madeleine Finlay
18 eps
IS
Ian Sample
13 eps
ND
Nicola Davis
2 eps
KW
Kai Wright
1 ep

Recent guests

20 across last 34 eps
IS
Ian Sample
8 eps
MF
Madeleine Finlay
4 eps
RS
Rebecca Seal
1 ep
AD
Aisha Down
1 ep
SH
Sophia Hayes
1 ep
DM
David Molyneux
1 ep
DH
Dr Heather Massey
1 ep
RA
Ross Andersen
1 ep
JW
Jan Wörner
1 ep
DC
Dr Christian Smorra
1 ep
JW
Jon Watts
1 ep
PB
Patrick Barkham
1 ep
PJ
Prof Jonathan Ball
1 ep
PN
Prof Naureen Starling
1 ep
PS
Prof Steve Brusatte
1 ep
MN
Maiken Nedergaard
1 ep
AH
Amy Hawkins
1 ep
NL
Nathan Lepora
1 ep
DJ
Dr Jonathan Kentley
1 ep
CS
Carter Sherman
1 ep

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Chart history for Science Weekly

Peaked at #4 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 10 of 49 tracked markets, currently #4 in United Kingdom.

MarketGenrePeakCurrentTrend
United Kingdom#4#4
Ireland#5#5
MY#6#6
SG#7#7
VN#7#7
New Zealand#8#8
Finland#8#8
ID#9#9
KE#9#9
HK#10#10
IS#11#11
South Africa#11#11
Netherlands#16#16
TR#17#17
HU#21#21
Brazil#25#25
CH#26#26
AE#27#27
Japan#28#28
BE#30#30

Chart Positions

49 placements across 49 markets.