Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 8, 2026

Best Society & Culture Podcasts

The top 100 Society & Culture shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

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#1

Middle School

This American Life · 1 h 01 min

#2

What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This Era

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 08 min

#3

#337 Cardinal Burke - The Old Testament

The Shawn Ryan Show · 2 h 07 min

#4

The Couple Doth Post Too Much

I've Had It · 57 min

#5

Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes

Stuff You Should Know · 50 min

#6

The Basement: Dan Flores | Ice Age Giants, Camels in America, and Coyote Resilience

The Why Files: Operation Podcast · 2 h 57 min

#7

Why This Crypto Billionaire Wants to Slow Down the AI Arms Race

On with Kara Swisher · 52 min

#8

Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right!

Stuff You Should Know · 50 min

#9

The Tour Hangover

Karma & Chaos with Kail Lowry & Becky Hayter · 1 h 01 min

#10

#429 - "Netanyahu Link" Suspicious NEW Details in Trump Assassination Plots | Ken Silva

Danny Jones Podcast · 2 h 34 min

#11

The Fake Fiancé

The Dating Detectives · 1 h 23 min

#12

Julia Curlee: “This is my Country, Too.”

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 1 h 02 min

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

This American Life

This American Life

▲ 2
2

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1
3

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▼ 1
4

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

5

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

▲ 4
6

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

▼ 1
7

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▼ 1
8

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

▼ 1
9

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▲ 2
10

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2
11

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▲ 1
12

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

▼ 2
13

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

14

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▲ 16
15

The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care

Lucy McAfee

▲ 6
16

The Determined Society with Shawn French | Adversity & Mindset

Determined Society Podcast | Overcoming Adversity & Mindset

▲ 4
17

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 3
18

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▼ 2
19

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▲ 29
20

Our Town

Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3
21

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▼ 6
22

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▼ 4
23

Dream Life Club

Sumi Krishnan

24

Otherworld

Otherworld

▲ 7
25

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▼ 3
26

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▲ 52
27

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▼ 8
28

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▼ 4
29

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▲ 3
30

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▲ 17
31

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 2
32

Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC

Andy Stumpf

▲ 8
33

Diabolical Lies

Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke

▲ 6
34

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▲ 4
35

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▼ 8
36

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▼ 7
37

Scamfluencers

Audible

▲ 25
38

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

▼ 13
39

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 3
40

Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem

Pushkin Industries

▲ 1
41

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

▲ 51
42

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▼ 7
43

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 9
44

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 16
45

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

▲ 63
46

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

▼ 2
47

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

▲ 7
48

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3
49

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

▼ 6
50

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

▲ 1

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