British chart

Society & Culture podcast covers in the United Kingdom

Society & Culture covers lean on flat red and white fields with wordmark-only type. Below is Apple’s current top 100 for Society & Culture in the United Kingdom, in chart order, with somewhere to put your own cover and see how it holds up beside them.

Looked after by Sleeve, a record sleeve.

Right now the top three are I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?, Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth and Great Company with Jamie Laing. Those three covers are the ones a British listener browsing Society & Culture sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the British Society & Culture chart

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  1. 1I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice? cover art
    I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?
    BBC Sounds
  2. 2Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth cover art
    Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
    Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media
  3. 3Great Company with Jamie Laing cover art
    Great Company with Jamie Laing
    Jampot Productions
  4. 4We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson cover art
    We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
    WNTT
  5. 5
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  6. 6The Louis Theroux Podcast cover art
    The Louis Theroux Podcast
    Spotify Studios
  7. 7Black Box: The Chatbots cover art
    Black Box: The Chatbots
    The Guardian
  8. 8Desert Island Discs cover art
    Desert Island Discs
    BBC Radio 4
  9. 9Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood cover art
    Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood
    Platform Media
  10. 10The Affair…with Anna Williamson cover art
    The Affair…with Anna Williamson
    The Affair…with Anna Williamson
  11. 11How To Fail With Elizabeth Day cover art
    How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
    Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
  12. 12Modern Wisdom cover art
    Modern Wisdom
    Chris Williamson
  13. 13Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball cover art
    Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
    Persephonica
  14. 14Shameless cover art
    Shameless
    Shameless Media
  15. 15This American Life cover art
    This American Life
    This American Life
  16. 16Careless | Tortoise Investigates cover art
    Careless | Tortoise Investigates
    The Observer
  17. 17Miss Me? cover art
    Miss Me?
    Persephonica
  18. 18Anything Goes with James English cover art
    Anything Goes with James English
    Anything Goes with James English
  19. 19More or Less cover art
    More or Less
    BBC Radio 4
  20. 20The Dozen with Liam Tuffs cover art
    The Dozen with Liam Tuffs
    The Dozen Media
  21. 21Heretics | Andrew Gold cover art
    Heretics | Andrew Gold
    Andrew Gold
  22. 22Stuff You Should Know cover art
    Stuff You Should Know
    iHeartPodcasts
  23. 23Uncanny cover art
    Uncanny
    BBC Radio 4
  24. 24The Permanent Questions With David Brooks cover art
    The Permanent Questions With David Brooks
    The Atlantic
  25. 25Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel cover art
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
    Esther Perel Global Media
  26. 26Full Disclosure with James O'Brien cover art
    Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
    Global
  27. 27Swingers cover art
    Swingers
    BBC Radio Wales
  28. 28At Home with The Andres cover art
    At Home with The Andres
    Sony Music Entertainment
  29. 29Vogue & Amber cover art
    Vogue & Amber
    Global
  30. 30The Ezra Klein Show cover art
    The Ezra Klein Show
    New York Times Opinion
  31. 31The Shawn Ryan Show cover art
    The Shawn Ryan Show
    Shawn Ryan
  32. 32The Girls Bathroom cover art
    The Girls Bathroom
    Sophia & Cinzia
  33. 33Woman's Hour cover art
    Woman's Hour
    BBC Radio 4
  34. 34Strangers on a Bench cover art
    Strangers on a Bench
    Tom Rosenthal
  35. 35World of Secrets cover art
    World of Secrets
    BBC
  36. 36The Audio Long Read cover art
    The Audio Long Read
    The Guardian
  37. 37Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison cover art
    Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison
    Audio Always
  38. 38Reaching Out cover art
    Reaching Out
    Futuro Media
  39. 39The Documentary Podcast cover art
    The Documentary Podcast
    BBC World Service
  40. 40Radical cover art
    Radical
    BBC Radio 4
  41. 41Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon cover art
    Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon
    Richard Bacon
  42. 42A Very British Cult cover art
    A Very British Cult
    BBC Radio 4
  43. 43The Poshcast cover art
    The Poshcast
    The Telegraph
  44. 44Behind the Bastards cover art
    Behind the Bastards
    Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
  45. 45The Why Files: Operation Podcast cover art
    The Why Files: Operation Podcast
    The Why Files: Operation Podcast
  46. 46What Now? with Trevor Noah cover art
    What Now? with Trevor Noah
    Trevor Noah
  47. 47The Slow Newscast cover art
    The Slow Newscast
    The Observer
  48. 48Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained cover art
    Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained
    Haunted UK
  49. 49The Winston Marshall Show cover art
    The Winston Marshall Show
    Winston Marshall
  50. 50Adrift cover art
    Adrift
    Apple TV / Blanchard House
  51. 51Pottering with Tom Allen cover art
    Pottering with Tom Allen
    Tom Allen
  52. 52The Oprah Podcast cover art
    The Oprah Podcast
    Harpo
  53. 53The Mishal Husain Show cover art
    The Mishal Husain Show
    Bloomberg
  54. 54Abroad in Japan cover art
    Abroad in Japan
    Stak
  55. 55The Good Immigrant: The Official Podcast cover art
    The Good Immigrant: The Official Podcast
    Plosive
  56. 56TED Talks Daily cover art
    TED Talks Daily
    TED
  57. 57Natalie Cassidy's 'Life with Nat' cover art
    Natalie Cassidy's 'Life with Nat'
    Audio Always
  58. 58Lives Less Ordinary cover art
    Lives Less Ordinary
    BBC World Service
  59. 59Scamfluencers cover art
    Scamfluencers
    Audible
  60. 60The Interview cover art
    The Interview
    The New York Times
  61. 61Happy Hour with Ina Garten cover art
    Happy Hour with Ina Garten
    Vox Media
  62. 62Within Reason cover art
    Within Reason
    Alex J O'Connor
  63. 63Things Fell Apart cover art
    Things Fell Apart
    BBC Radio 4
  64. 64Philosophize This! cover art
    Philosophize This!
    Stephen West
  65. 65Holly Willoughby Together with Voy cover art
    Holly Willoughby Together with Voy
    Hungry Bear Media
  66. 66Wednesdays cover art
    Wednesdays
    JamPot Productions
  67. 67Freakonomics Radio cover art
    Freakonomics Radio
    Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
  68. 68Lucky Boy cover art
    Lucky Boy
    Tortoise Media
  69. 69The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos cover art
    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
    Pushkin Industries
  70. 70If Books Could Kill cover art
    If Books Could Kill
    Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
  71. 71Origin Story cover art
    Origin Story
    Podmasters
  72. 72The Travel Expert with Simon Calder cover art
    The Travel Expert with Simon Calder
    The Telegraph
  73. 73Intelligence Squared cover art
    Intelligence Squared
    Intelligence Squared
  74. 74Planet Normal cover art
    Planet Normal
    The Telegraph
  75. 75The LRB Podcast cover art
    The LRB Podcast
    The London Review of Books
  76. 76Revisionist History cover art
    Revisionist History
    Pushkin Industries
  77. 77Otherworld cover art
    Otherworld
    Otherworld
  78. 78Nip Tuck cover art
    Nip Tuck
    Bauer Media
  79. 79The Travel Diaries cover art
    The Travel Diaries
    Holly Rubenstein
  80. 80The Seeds Will Grow cover art
    The Seeds Will Grow
    Finn Harries
  81. 81The Secret World of Roald Dahl cover art
    The Secret World of Roald Dahl
    iHeartPodcasts
  82. 82Heavyweight cover art
    Heavyweight
    Pushkin Industries
  83. 83Khloé in Wonder Land cover art
    Khloé in Wonder Land
    Khloé Kardashian
  84. 84Against The Odds cover art
    Against The Odds
    Audible
  85. 85Danny Jones Podcast cover art
    Danny Jones Podcast
    Danny Jones | Daylight Media
  86. 86This Is Actually Happening cover art
    This Is Actually Happening
    Audible
  87. 87The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates cover art
    The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates
    The Telegraph
  88. 88Mamamia Out Loud cover art
    Mamamia Out Loud
    Mamamia Podcasts
  89. 89LOW cover art
    LOW
    Jack Rhysider
  90. 90Diabolical Lies cover art
    Diabolical Lies
    Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke
  91. 91We call her Emma cover art
    We call her Emma
    The Observer
  92. 92Two Girls One Ghost cover art
    Two Girls One Ghost
    Sony Music Entertainment
  93. 93You Alright, Hun? The Official TOWIE Podcast cover art
    You Alright, Hun? The Official TOWIE Podcast
    Amy Taylor
  94. 94Please Don't cover art
    Please Don't
    BBC Sounds
  95. 95The Telepathy Tapes cover art
    The Telepathy Tapes
    Ky Dickens
  96. 96Walking The Dog with Emily Dean cover art
    Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
    Goalhanger
  97. 97The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast cover art
    The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast
    James Delingpole
  98. 98Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso cover art
    Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
    Higher Ground
  99. 99Girls Next Level cover art
    Girls Next Level
    Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt
  100. 100Radio Rental cover art
    Radio Rental
    Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
  101. 101(OVER)SHARE cover art
    (OVER)SHARE
    iHeart Australia, Hannah Ferrier & Phoebe Burgess
Apple’s current top 100 for Society & Culture in the United Kingdom, in chart order.Cover art belongs to the shows and is served from Apple’s own servers. Every one links to that podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Society & Culture in other countries

Other genres in the United Kingdom

What is different about the British chart

Broadcasters hold more of this chart than any other in this set. Counted on 10 September, BBC Radio 4 held 11 of the 100 Science slots and 7 of Society & Culture, Sky News held 7 of News, and The Athletic and BBC Radio 5 Live held 8 each in Sports. Those covers follow a brand system, which means they are consistent, restrained, and almost always wordmark-led. An independent cover with a face on it is doing something visibly different from its neighbours here.

Counted, in this hundred

Off the same chart drawn above, which is in Apple’s order: number one is the cover doing the most work in the United Kingdom right now.

31 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 22.1. The longest is "Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

29 of them get by on two words or fewer. Those are the covers that can set their name large enough to read while scrolling.

BBC Radio 4 holds 7 of the 100 places. A publisher with that many shows in one chart is running a house style, so several of the covers you are placed against are variations of one another.

37 of these 100 also chart in the United States. The other 63 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.