Top Society & Culture Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts Society & Culture chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked August 4, 2026.

1

Between Two Beers Podcast

Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten

2

All In Her Head

RNZ

3

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

4

We call her Emma | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

5

This American Life

This American Life

6

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

7

What I survived

Jack Laurence

8

Mamamia Out Loud

Mamamia Podcasts

9

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

10

Kiwi Yarns

rova | Brodie Kane Media

11

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

12

Shameless

Shameless Media

13

TED Talks Daily

TED

14

THE MORNING SHIFT

THE PEOPLES MEDIA CO.

15

Conversations

ABC Australia

16

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

17

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

18

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

19

Case by Case (Open Justice)

NZ Herald

20

Life Uncut

LiSTNR

21

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

22

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

23

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

24

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

25

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

26

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

27

Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

28

Saturday Morning

RNZ

29

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

30

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

31

No Filter

Mamamia Podcasts

32

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

33

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

34

Let Her Finish

rova | Brodie Kane Media

35

5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan

Andrew Callaghan

36

What It Was Like

Superreal

37

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

38

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

39

The Flood

The Australian

40

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

41

World of Secrets

BBC

42

Happy Hour with Lucy & Nikki

Lucy & Nikki

43

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

44

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

45

Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem

Pushkin Industries

46

The Sound Of My Father

RNZ

47

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

48

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

49

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

50

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

51

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

52

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.

53

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

54

Afternoons

RNZ

55

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

56

How To Have Sex

Jay-Jay Feeney & Melissa Vranjes

57

Country Life

RNZ

58

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox

59

I'm ADHD! No You're Not

Dr Mine Conkbayir MBE & Paul Whitehouse

60

独树不成林

鬼鬼祟祟的树

61

Unleashed

Mamamia Podcasts

62

Outspoken the Podcast

Outspoken the Podcast

63

Wild with Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson

64

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

65

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

66

Against The Odds

Audible

67

Sweet Bobby

Tortoise Media

68

The Spill

Mamamia Podcasts

69

The Birth Keepers

The Guardian

70

Paper Trail

ProPublica

71

everybody has a secret

Shameless Media

72

The LRB Podcast

The London Review of Books

73

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

74

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

75

heretics. | andrew gold

Andrew Gold

76

Scamfluencers

Audible

77

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

78

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

WNTT

79

Abroad in Japan

Stak

80

忽左忽右

JustPod

81

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot Productions

82

High Scrollers

Nova Podcasts

83

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield

Abbie Chatfield

84

Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4

85

The Gift

BBC Radio 4

86

Inherited

Shameless Media

87

Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

88

Shortchanged

Newsroom.co.nz

89

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

90

Chat 10 Looks 3

Chat 10 Looks 3

91

Vogue & Amber

Global

92

More or Less

BBC Radio 4

93

Radical

BBC Radio 4

94

The Interview

The New York Times

95

Diabolical Lies

Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke

96

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

97

Everyone Has An Ex

Mamamia Podcasts

98

Holly Willoughby Together with Voy

Hungry Bear Media

99

Witness History

BBC World Service

100

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

101

The Stolen Children of Aotearoa

RNZ

102

Girls Next Level

Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt

103

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

104

Ladies, We Need To Talk

ABC Australia

105

Big Lives

Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios

106

The School of Life

tscol

107

Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood

Platform Media

108

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

109

Haptic & Hue

Jo Andrews

110

The Girls Bathroom

Sophia & Cinzia

111

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

112

Modern Love

The New York Times

113

Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor

114

Jillian on Love

Jillian Turecki | Daylight Media

115

The Secret World of Roald Dahl

iHeartPodcasts

116

Nē? A Te Ao Māori Podcast

The Spinoff

117

Maxim Institute Podcast

Maxim Institute Podcast

118

Chiedilo alla Storia - Intesa Sanpaolo On Air

Intesa Sanpaolo e Chora Media

119

How Long Gone

Chris Black & Jason Stewart / Talkhouse

120

Two Broke Chicks

Alex Hourigan and Sally McMullen

121

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Audible

122

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

123

We Ride at Dawn (ish)

Dear Media

124

Critics at Large | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

125

The Wirecutter Show

The New York Times

126

Gypsy Tales

Jase Macalpine

127

Hey Tablo

Team Epikase

128

The Missing Sister

iHeartPodcasts

129

The Panel

RNZ

130

In Bed With The Right

Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan

131

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

132

Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison

Audio Always

133

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

134

The Montoyas

The Montoyas Podcast

135

Bed of Lies

The Telegraph

136

The Poshcast

The Telegraph

137

The Commune

Stuff Audio

138

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Vox Media Podcast Network

139

Nights

RNZ

140

Things Fell Apart

BBC Radio 4

141

After Work Drinks

Isabelle Truman & Grace O'Neill

142

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

143

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

144

Miss Me?

Persephonica

145

Stories from a Stranger

HigherGround

146

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

147

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

148

Love Stories

The Australian Women's Weekly

149

蒋方舟·一寸

蒋方舟

150

The Shift with Sam Baker

sam baker

151

Lucky Boy

Tortoise Media

152

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

153

A Little Bit Extra

rova | A Little Bit Extra

154

Dying For Sex

Audible

155

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

156

Hoaxed

Tortoise Media

157

Kim Hill Wants To Know

RNZ

158

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

159

Alan Watts Being in the Way

Be Here Now Network / Love Serve Remember Foundation

160

Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

GoLoud

161

Brand Safe

Tana Mongeau

162

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps

163

The CRUX: True Survival Stories

Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav

164

The Dream

Little Everywhere

165

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah and Eckhart Tolle

166

Better Future with Michael Mezz

Michael Mezzatesta

167

Witch

BBC Radio 4

168

The Winston Marshall Show

Winston Marshall

169

Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories

Mark B

170

Coping

Coping Inc.

171

Round Table China

China Plus

172

The Hard Yarns Podcast

Cameron Branch and Daniel Delby

173

Blowback

Blowback

174

The Person Who Believed In Me

David Begnaud

175

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

176

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

177

The Oldest Profession

RNZ

178

人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材

厭世姬＆邊角料

179

Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

180

The Real Heal with Alicia Silverstone

iHeartPodcasts

181

Embedded

NPR

182

福说聊天会

福立社喜剧

183

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

184

S-Town

Serial Productions

185

STORIES by Lea Thau

Lea Thau

186

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

187

Kim Hill Collection

RNZ

188

I'm Not a Monster

BBC Radio 5 Live

189

Dear Jane

The Spinoff

190

Jerm Warfare

Jerm

191

Honey and the Hex

Folklore, Myths, Legends, and Witchcraft

192

Let's talk about it

Di McMath

193

ReThinking

TED

194

Zero Limits Podcast

Matty Morris

195

100 Questions with Tom Simons

Tom Simons

196

Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC

Andy Stumpf

197

Unexplained

iHeartPodcasts

198

People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

199

Obsessed by Everything Bravo

Meredith

200

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

201

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

202

Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

Joshua Citarella

203

Run, Bambi, Run

Apple TV / Campside Media

204

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

205

A Wrinkle in Time

RNZ

206

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

207

Focus: Adults in the Room

KUOW News and Information

208

Front Row

BBC Radio 4

209

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

210

Hey Jonas!

iHeartPodcasts

211

Explain It to Me

Vox

212

The Martin Sheen Podcast | Storytelling, Human Interest & Conversations

TE Productions and MSW Media

213

Noble

Audiochuck

214

Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast

Abigail Hannah

215

Surrounded

Jubilee Media

216

Inconceivable Truth

Audiochuck

217

Untold Italy travel podcast

Katy Clarke

218

The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster

Dear Media | Wishbone Production

219

Soft Chaos

Angelina Grey

220

SheerLuxe Podcast

SheerLuxe

221

Bookclub

BBC Radio 4

222

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

223

Drop A Pin

Barstool Sports

224

Young Again

BBC Radio 4

225

Hysterical

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

226

Dear Hank & John

Complexly

227

The Tramping Life

Jonty

228

Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain

Joy Peddlers

229

How To Academy Podcast

How To Academy

230

The Dozen with Liam Tuffs

The Dozen Media

231

Tell Me Your Ghost Story

Kassie Askin

232

too many tabs – der Podcast

NDR

233

历史学人

单向街基金会

234

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

235

Extraordinary Lives

LADbible Group

236

Wartime Stories

Unknown

237

The Midnight Library

Astonishing Legends Productions

238

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

239

What Matters Most

Roar Collective & iHeartRadio NZ

240

The Women's Podcast

The Irish Times

241

Lust in Translation

Natassia Miller

242

OnlyFantasy

Audible

243

Second Captains Saturday

RTÉ Radio 1

244

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

245

曾寶儀的人生藏寶圖

曾寶儀

246

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

247

Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

Audible Originals

248

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

249

InSight Crime Podcast

InSight Crime

250

The Long Way Home

RNZ

How to read this Apple Podcasts chart

This list is specific to New Zealand, Society & Culture, and Apple Podcasts. A different country or category can produce a very different order, even on the same day.

Use a chart appearance as a signal of recent momentum. To judge whether your show is genuinely improving, compare several dates and pair the ranking with listener, completion, follower, and download data.

Track rankings over time Understand podcast charts