American chart

Society & Culture podcast covers in the United States

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 States, 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 This American Life, Notes from the Edge and The Shawn Ryan Show. Those three covers are the ones an American listener browsing Society & Culture sees first, so they are the fairest thing to hold yours up against.

Your cover in the American Society & Culture chart

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  1. 1This American Life cover art
    This American Life
    This American Life
  2. 2Notes from the Edge cover art
    Notes from the Edge
    Gamut Podcast Network
  3. 3The Shawn Ryan Show cover art
    The Shawn Ryan Show
    Shawn Ryan
  4. 4The Ezra Klein Show cover art
    The Ezra Klein Show
    New York Times Opinion
  5. 5
    Your cover goes here
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  6. 6Stuff You Should Know cover art
    Stuff You Should Know
    iHeartPodcasts
  7. 7Happy Hour with Ina Garten cover art
    Happy Hour with Ina Garten
    Vox Media
  8. 8Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel cover art
    Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel
    Rachel Uchitel
  9. 9The Oprah Podcast cover art
    The Oprah Podcast
    Harpo
  10. 10Dream Life Club cover art
    Dream Life Club
    Sumi Krishnan
  11. 11The Dr. John Delony Show cover art
    The Dr. John Delony Show
    Ramsey Network
  12. 12Freakonomics Radio cover art
    Freakonomics Radio
    Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
  13. 13Modern Wisdom cover art
    Modern Wisdom
    Chris Williamson
  14. 14Paper Trail cover art
    Paper Trail
    ProPublica
  15. 15Behind the Bastards cover art
    Behind the Bastards
    Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
  16. 16The Why Files: Operation Podcast cover art
    The Why Files: Operation Podcast
    The Why Files: Operation Podcast
  17. 17The Permanent Questions With David Brooks cover art
    The Permanent Questions With David Brooks
    The Atlantic
  18. 18The Best People with Nicolle Wallace cover art
    The Best People with Nicolle Wallace
    MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace
  19. 19The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care cover art
    The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care
    Lucy McAfee
  20. 20Going Public With Ross Mandell cover art
    Going Public With Ross Mandell
    Ross Mandell
  21. 21The Interview cover art
    The Interview
    The New York Times
  22. 22Two Girls One Ghost cover art
    Two Girls One Ghost
    Sony Music Entertainment
  23. 23On with Kara Swisher cover art
    On with Kara Swisher
    Vox Media
  24. 24Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast cover art
    Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast
    TMG Studios
  25. 25Before & After with Lester Holt cover art
    Before & After with Lester Holt
    NBC News
  26. 26Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast cover art
    Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast
    iHeartPodcasts
  27. 27Embedded cover art
    Embedded
    NPR
  28. 28Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel cover art
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
    Esther Perel Global Media
  29. 29The Telepathy Tapes cover art
    The Telepathy Tapes
    Ky Dickens
  30. 30Chicks in the Office cover art
    Chicks in the Office
    Barstool Sports
  31. 31CreepCast cover art
    CreepCast
    Wendigoon & MeatCanyon
  32. 32The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe cover art
    The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
    The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
  33. 33Heavyweight cover art
    Heavyweight
    Pushkin Industries
  34. 34Scamfluencers cover art
    Scamfluencers
    Audible
  35. 35The Viall Files cover art
    The Viall Files
    Nick Viall
  36. 36Otherworld cover art
    Otherworld
    Otherworld
  37. 37I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice? cover art
    I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?
    BBC Sounds
  38. 38Radio Rental cover art
    Radio Rental
    Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
  39. 39What Now? with Trevor Noah cover art
    What Now? with Trevor Noah
    Trevor Noah
  40. 40Revisionist History cover art
    Revisionist History
    Pushkin Industries
  41. 41This Is Actually Happening cover art
    This Is Actually Happening
    Audible
  42. 42Girls Next Level cover art
    Girls Next Level
    Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt
  43. 43The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos cover art
    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
    Pushkin Industries
  44. 44Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC cover art
    Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC
    Andy Stumpf
  45. 45Chrisley Confessions 2.0 cover art
    Chrisley Confessions 2.0
    PodcastOne
  46. 46The Dating Detectives cover art
    The Dating Detectives
    Dear Media
  47. 47So Supernatural cover art
    So Supernatural
    Audiochuck | Crime House
  48. 48Danny Jones Podcast cover art
    Danny Jones Podcast
    Danny Jones | Daylight Media
  49. 49The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant cover art
    The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant
    Vox Media Podcast Network
  50. 50Simply Relational cover art
    Simply Relational
    Darran Crager and Dr. Shelly Crager
  51. 51I've Had It cover art
    I've Had It
    Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan
  52. 52TED Talks Daily cover art
    TED Talks Daily
    TED
  53. 53All There Is with Anderson Cooper cover art
    All There Is with Anderson Cooper
    CNN Podcasts
  54. 54The Nerve with Maureen Callahan cover art
    The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
    MK Media
  55. 55Hysteria cover art
    Hysteria
    Hysteria
  56. 56Against The Odds cover art
    Against The Odds
    Audible
  57. 57Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso cover art
    Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
    Higher Ground
  58. 58Offline with Jon Favreau cover art
    Offline with Jon Favreau
    Crooked Media
  59. 59If Books Could Kill cover art
    If Books Could Kill
    Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
  60. 60Reaching Out cover art
    Reaching Out
    Futuro Media
  61. 61Timcast IRL cover art
    Timcast IRL
    Timcast Media
  62. 62Wild Card with Rachel Martin cover art
    Wild Card with Rachel Martin
    NPR
  63. 63Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries cover art
    Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries
    Olimpia Pérez
  64. 64We Can Do Hard Things cover art
    We Can Do Hard Things
    Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
  65. 65Modern Love cover art
    Modern Love
    The New York Times
  66. 66Adrift cover art
    Adrift
    Apple TV / Blanchard House
  67. 67Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways cover art
    Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
    NerdWallet Travel
  68. 68Philosophize This! cover art
    Philosophize This!
    Stephen West
  69. 69The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover art
    The Gray Area with Sean Illing
    Vox
  70. 70Conversations with Coleman cover art
    Conversations with Coleman
    The Free Press
  71. 71Bloodline Banter cover art
    Bloodline Banter
    2M Media Group
  72. 72The Town with Matthew Belloni cover art
    The Town with Matthew Belloni
    The Ringer
  73. 73Good Guys cover art
    Good Guys
    Dear Media
  74. 74The Rewriting Humanity cover art
    The Rewriting Humanity
    Jim Walsh
  75. 75Hey Jonas! cover art
    Hey Jonas!
    iHeartPodcasts
  76. 76Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari cover art
    Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari
    Dear Media
  77. 77Khloé in Wonder Land cover art
    Khloé in Wonder Land
    Khloé Kardashian
  78. 78Jack Neel Podcast cover art
    Jack Neel Podcast
    Jack Neel
  79. 79Happy Healthy Caregiver cover art
    Happy Healthy Caregiver
    Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network
  80. 80Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels cover art
    Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels
    Jillian Michaels
  81. 81Hang Out with Sean Hannity cover art
    Hang Out with Sean Hannity
    Fox News Media
  82. 82The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud cover art
    The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud
    Do Good Crew
  83. 83The Travel Brats cover art
    The Travel Brats
    Sofia Blanno, Natalie Brouwer
  84. 84LOW cover art
    LOW
    Jack Rhysider
  85. 85Code Switch cover art
    Code Switch
    NPR
  86. 86The Jeremy Boreing Show cover art
    The Jeremy Boreing Show
    Boreing Media
  87. 87Stuff They Don't Want You To Know cover art
    Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
    iHeartPodcasts
  88. 88Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd cover art
    Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd
    New Image Studios
  89. 89Open Book with Jenna cover art
    Open Book with Jenna
    TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager
  90. 90Locked In with Ian Bick cover art
    Locked In with Ian Bick
    Ian Bick
  91. 91The Speaker cover art
    The Speaker
    KQED
  92. 92It's Been a Minute cover art
    It's Been a Minute
    NPR
  93. 93Focus: We Keep Us Safe cover art
    Focus: We Keep Us Safe
    KUOW News and Information
  94. 94Diabolical Lies cover art
    Diabolical Lies
    Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke
  95. 95Next Question with Katie Couric cover art
    Next Question with Katie Couric
    Katie Couric Media
  96. 96Wartime Stories cover art
    Wartime Stories
    Unknown
  97. 97Making Space with Hoda Kotb cover art
    Making Space with Hoda Kotb
    Hoda Kotb, TODAY
  98. 98Abroad in Japan cover art
    Abroad in Japan
    Stak
  99. 99The Lila Rose Show cover art
    The Lila Rose Show
    Lila Rose
  100. 100Astonishing Legends cover art
    Astonishing Legends
    Astonishing Legends Productions
  101. 101The Andrew Klavan Show cover art
    The Andrew Klavan Show
    The Daily Wire
Apple’s current top 100 for Society & Culture in the United States, 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 States

What is different about the American chart

The US store is the one every other chart borrows from, and the most contested. It is also where the house styles are set: when a genre has a convention, this is usually the chart it was established in. The top publisher in a given genre here holds seven to nine of the hundred slots, so an independent cover is not competing with one network, it is competing with several at once.

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 States right now.

35 of these 100 shows have a name longer than 25 characters. The average is 22.9. The longest is "The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care", which is not a name that fits in a list row.

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

iHeartPodcasts holds 4 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.

36 of these 100 also chart in the United Kingdom. The other 64 are local to this store, which is the part of the chart worth studying if you are publishing into it.