Top Society & Culture Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Society & Culture chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked November 8, 2026.

1

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

2

The Gareth Cliff Show

The Gareth Cliff Show

3

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

4

Because We Said So

Zama Marubelela; Landiwe Gama

5

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

6

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

7

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

8

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

9

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

10

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

11

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

12

Shameless

Shameless Media

13

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

14

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

15

TED Talks Daily

TED

16

World of Secrets

BBC

17

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

18

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

19

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

20

The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen

Sony Music Entertainment

21

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

22

This American Life

This American Life

23

This Is Actually Happening

Audible Original

24

Spiral | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

25

Cults to Consciousness

Shelise Ann Sola, Jonathan C Rosales

26

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

27

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

28

Dear Hank & John

Complexly

29

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

30

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

31

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

32

No Filter

Mamamia Podcasts

33

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

34

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

35

Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories

Mark B

36

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah and Eckhart Tolle

37

People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

38

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

39

Scamfluencers

Audible Original

40

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

41

Mamamia Out Loud

Mamamia Podcasts

42

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

43

The Girls Bathroom

Sophia & Cinzia

44

Wartime Stories

Unknown

45

Binchtopia

Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb

46

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

47

Modern Love

The New York Times

48

Alan Watts Being in the Way

Be Here Now Network / Love Serve Remember Foundation

49

Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4

50

That Husband Podcast

That Husband Podcast

51

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

52

What It Was Like

Superreal

53

Against The Odds

Audible Original

54

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

55

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

56

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

57

Life Uncut

LiSTNR

58

Front Row

BBC Radio 4

59

Woman Evolve with Sarah Jakes Roberts

Woman Evolve | Daylight Media

60

Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

Olimpia Pérez

61

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

62

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.

63

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

64

More or Less

BBC Radio 4

65

Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer

Headgum & Nicole Byer

66

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

67

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

68

It’s a Girl Thing

Ebony and Lucie

69

To My Sisters

Courtney Daniella Jesse & Renée Imafidon

70

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

71

Risen Jesus

Mike Licona

72

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

73

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

74

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

75

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Daily Wire

76

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

77

Unexplained Encounters

Eeriecast Network

78

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

79

The Relebogile Mabotja Podcast

Relebogile Mabotja

80

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

81

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

82

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

83

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

84

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

85

ReThinking

TED

86

Conversations

ABC Australia

87

KLETS

Afrikaans.Radio

88

The LRB Podcast

The London Review of Books

89

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

90

That's The Point

Jon Volk and Kristin Johns

91

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

92

Family Secrets

Family Secrets

93

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

94

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby | Daylight Media

95

Artists at Work

BBC World Service

96

Focus on the Family Daily

Focus on the Family Africa

97

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

98

Inheritance

BBC World Service

99

Origin Story

Podmasters

100

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

101

The Receipts Podcast

The Receipts Media LTD

102

The Spill

Mamamia Podcasts

103

Dear Future Wifey

Laterras R. Whitfield

104

Tonight’s Conversation Podcast

acemetaphor

105

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

106

Citation Needed

Citation Needed Media

107

Ghosteas

Ghosteas

108

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

109

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe

110

Mythology And Folklore For Sleep

The Sleepy Mythkeeper

111

The Winston Marshall Show

Winston Marshall

112

Seated With Lebo and Thato Rampedi

Africa Podcast Network

113

Things Fell Apart

BBC Radio 4

114

Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz

Dear Media

115

Critics at Large | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

116

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

117

Pariah

Tortoise Media

118

The Feeling Station

The Feeling Station

119

Witness History

BBC World Service

120

SWEET NOTHINGS POD

Armani and Landi

121

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

122

The Jamie & Donna Winship Podcast

Identity Exchange

123

METRO with Sarah Koenig

Serial Productions & The New York Times

124

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

WNTT

125

The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast

James Delingpole

126

It's Me, Tinx

Tinx

127

Brand Safe

Tana Mongeau

128

Listen & Laugh with Ice Cube and Mike Epps

BlueJay Partners

129

Conversations with Peter Boghossian

Peter Boghossian

130

Redditor

Redditor

131

Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC

Andy Stumpf

132

The Agent

Imperative Entertainment

133

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

134

Curse of: Miss America

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

135

Code Switch

NPR

136

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

137

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

138

What We Said

Dear Media

139

Monsters Among Us

Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios

140

Sober Awkward

soberawkward

141

The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster

Dear Media | Wishbone Production

142

Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor

143

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

144

The Basement with Tim Ross

The Basement with Tim Ross

145

The Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories

Danielle Mercy

146

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

147

ALT fortalt

Alt for damerne

148

Otherworld

Otherworld

149

Relationship Advice for Women: Feminine Energy with Adrienne Everheart

Adrienne Everheart

150

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

151

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

152

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety

Jeannine Coulter

153

Good Things with Brent Lindeque 📺

Good Things Guy

154

Dear Future Husband

Christian Bevere

155

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

156

Get a Grip Podcast

Louis Essig and Aaron Garnes

157

Klankgolwe: Weg! Stories

Netwerk24 Klankgolwe

158

Daily Inspiration: The Steve Harvey Morning Show

iHeartPodcasts

159

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

160

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

161

The Builders

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

162

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

163

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Kevin Lanning

164

I Said What I Said

The Carousel Network

165

Toni Told Me with Toni Tone

Audio Always

166

The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud

Do Good Crew

167

Saturday Live

BBC Radio 4

168

Stories From The Stage

GBH

169

True Crime News: The Podcast

True Crime News

170

Vogue & Amber

Global

171

The Biblical Mind

Center For Hebraic Thought

172

Against the Rules: Blockers Companion Podcast

Pushkin Industries

173

So This Is Love

Julia Gaitho

174

S-Town

Serial Productions

175

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

176

Free Agent Lifestyle

Greg Adams

177

Jerm Warfare

Jerm

178

The Mallory Bros Podcast

MalloryBros.

179

Around The Way Curls

Antoinette Lee & Shanti Mayers

180

We call her Emma

The Observer

181

Jaxx Of All Trades

Jaxx Amahle

182

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

183

Wednesdays

JamPot Productions

184

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

185

The Jeremy Boreing Show

Boreing Media

186

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

187

The Lila Rose Show

Lila Rose

188

Not Loveline

Tana Mongeau and Trish Paytas

189

Curse of: America's Next Top Model

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

190

Data Over Dogma

Daniel McClellan and Daniel Beecher

191

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Everything Happens Studios

192

The Anele Podcast

Anele Mdoda

193

Aaf en Lies lossen het wel weer op

Tonny Media

194

Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari

Dear Media

195

Love Life With Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

196

Ratchet & Respectable

Demetria L. Lucas

197

Loose Ends

BBC Radio 4

198

Order of Man

Ryan Michler

199

The Diamond King | Telegraph Investigates

The Telegraph

200

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

201

The Dozen with Liam Tuffs

The Dozen Media

202

The Interview

The New York Times

203

Reddit Stories

Max

204

Hotel Matze

Matze Hielscher & Mit Vergnügen

205

Pretty Lonesome with Madeline Argy

Unwell

206

Life Hax

The Washington Post

207

60 Minutes

CBS News

208

Unleashed

Mamamia Podcasts

209

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox

210

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot Productions

211

Disturbed: True Horror Stories

Evergreen Podcasts

212

Sniffies' Cruising Confessions

iHeartPodcasts

213

Open to Debate

Open to Debate

214

Women of Impact

Impact Theory

215

Lemme Say This

Higher Ground

216

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

217

Ideas

CBC

218

Jim Harold's Campfire

Jim Harold

219

Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!

Byte & Pieces

220

A Slight Change of Plans

Pushkin Industries

221

The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle

222

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

223

The Unconventional Soldier

theunconventionalsoldier

224

Pop Apologists

PodcastOne

225

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

226

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

227

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

228

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

229

On Attachment

Stephanie Rigg

230

The Shift with Sam Baker

sam baker

231

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

232

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

233

Jillian on Love

Jillian Turecki | Daylight Media

234

SuperHuman

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

235

Milf and the City

Shani Phillips

236

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

237

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

238

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

239

Girls Next Level

Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt

240

OnlyFantasy

Audible Original

241

Unexplained

iHeartPodcasts

242

Urgency of Change • The Krishnamurti Podcast

Krishnamurti Foundation Trust

243

Prometheus Lens

Justin Brown

244

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

245

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

246

The TLS Podcast

The TLS

247

Last Word

BBC Radio 4

248

Jack Neel Podcast

Jack Neel

249

Subtle Urban Sex Appeal

Malik Saaka

250

everybody has a secret

Shameless Media

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