Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 12, 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

Intelligence Isn't Power

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 01 min

#2

690. It’s Show Business, Baby!

Freakonomics Radio · 1 h 01 min

#3

#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down

The Shawn Ryan Show · 3 h 20 min

#4

This F*cking Guy: Marco Rubio

Hysteria · 59 min

#5

Selects: What's the deal with swing states?

Stuff You Should Know · 47 min

#6

Author Michael Lewis (‘The Big Short’) Pulls Back the Curtain

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 1 h 30 min

#7

Episode 394 - Reddit’s Scariest Possession Stories

Two Girls One Ghost · 1 h 12 min

#8

Reaching Out

This American Life · 1 h 02 min

#9

The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161

Modern Wisdom · 1 h 27 min

#10

Your True Halloween Stories IV Part 1

Astonishing Legends · 3 h 04 min

#11

96. Why is Chick-fil-A Such a Big Deal?

No Stupid Questions · 27 min

#12

What A Big Tech Whistleblower Learned About Power

Offline with Jon Favreau · 1 h 01 min

New in Society & Culture

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

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

—
2

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

—
3

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 1
4

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▼ 1
5

This American Life

This American Life

—
6

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

—
7

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 37
8

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

—
9

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▲ 1
10

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

▼ 3
11

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 1
12

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

▼ 3
13

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

—
14

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

—
15

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 9
16

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 5
17

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

—
18

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

▼ 3
19

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▲ 15
20

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▼ 1
21

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

▲ 2
22

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▲ 6
23

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

▼ 7
24

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▼ 2
25

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▲ 1
26

The Interview

The New York Times

▲ 14
27

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▼ 7
28

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 1
29

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

Lucy McAfee

▼ 8
30

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 1
31

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▲ 4
32

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

▼ 1
33

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▲ 3
34

Otherworld

Otherworld

▲ 4
35

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 10
36

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▲ 3
37

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▼ 4
38

the Girls

FOX News Podcasts

▼ 20
39

Data Over Dogma

Daniel McClellan and Daniel Beecher

▲ 12
40

Sold a Story

APM Reports

▼ 8
41

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▲ 5
42

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▲ 21
43

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 7
44

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▲ 5
45

Hysteria

Hysteria

▲ 40
46

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

▼ 5
47

Unsupervised with Syd & TP

Unsupervised

▼ 17
48

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▼ 14
49

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▲ 6
50

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

▲ 8

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