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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 26, 2026

Best Society & Culture Podcasts

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

Trending Society & Culture episodes

The episodes everyone is playing today. Tap to listen.

#1

Secret Identity

This American Life · 1 h 02 min

#2

What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 08 min

#3

#350 Mike Hayes - The Navy SEAL in Obama’s Situation Room During the Captain Phillips Rescue

The Shawn Ryan Show · 5 h 33 min

#4

Reed Hastings on Hollywood’s Future, Netflix’s Shakeup and Knowing When to Leave

On with Kara Swisher · 56 min

#5

Selects: John Lennon and the FBI

Stuff You Should Know · 43 min

#6

Turning 18 at the Mansion "The Spa Who Loved Me" Part 1!

Girls Next Level · 1 h 04 min

#7

692. What Will A.I. Do to (and for) Human Creativity?

Freakonomics Radio · 59 min

#8

My Dad Finally Told Me | CreepCast

CreepCast · 3 h 36 min

#9

Is My Fantasy Ruining My Love Life?

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel · 54 min

#10

Eugene Daniels and Symone Sanders Townsend Are Hardened but Hopeful

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 1 h 00 min

#11

Episode 2: Karat and Schtick

METRO with Sarah Koenig · 40 min

#12

Episode 112

Radio Rental · 36 min

New in Society & Culture

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

#1 newThe BuildersThe Builders #2 newMETRO with Sarah KoenigMETRO with Sarah Koenig #24 newBehind The Story ShowBehind The Story Show #28 newThe Pretty Peculiar People PuzzleThe Pretty Peculiar People Puzzle #91 newStraight Up: After Hours with Vlad & KellyStraight Up: After Hours with Vlad & Kelly

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Builders

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

— 2

METRO with Sarah Koenig

Serial Productions & The New York Times

▲ 1 3

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

▼ 1 4

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

— 5

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 1 6

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▼ 1 7

This American Life

This American Life

— 8

Sold a Story

APM Reports

— 9

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

— 10

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

— 11

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

▲ 1 12

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▼ 1 13

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

— 14

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▲ 2 15

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▼ 1 16

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 17

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▲ 2 18

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

— 19

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

▼ 2 20

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

— 21

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 3 22

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

— 23

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

— 24

Behind The Story Show

Jelani Gonzalez

▲ 18 25

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 4 26

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

— 27

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▲ 1 28

The Pretty Peculiar People Puzzle

Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard / Ekko Seven

▲ 6 29

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

▼ 2 30

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

— 31

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 6 32

Otherworld

Otherworld

— 33

The Interview

The New York Times

▲ 11 34

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▼ 5 35

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

— 36

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 11 37

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▼ 4 38

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▼ 7 39

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

▼ 1 40

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▼ 1 41

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▼ 1 42

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▲ 3 43

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

▲ 3 44

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▼ 8 45

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▼ 4 46

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▼ 3 47

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▲ 18 48

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

▲ 21 49

Hysteria

Hysteria

▲ 40 50

What It Was Like

Superreal

▲ 12

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