This American Life

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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny ...

#5 US · Society & Culture 114 recordings 66 h 2001 → today Occasional updated 5 days ago

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646: The Secret of My Death 1 h 06 min · Ira Glass, Dana Chivvis · 5 days ago

449: Middle School 1 h 00 min · Ira Glass, Alex Blumberg · 12 days ago

896: I Know What You Need 1 h 06 min · Ira Glass, David Kestenbaum · 19 days ago

206: Somewhere in the Arabian Sea 1 h 00 min · Ira Glass · 26 days ago

895: Label Maker! 58 min · Ira Glass · Aug 17

443: Amusement Park 1 h 02 min · Ira Glass · Aug 10

894: I Couldn't Help but Notice 1 h 00 min · Elaine Appleton Grant, Valerie Kipnis, Ira Glass · Aug 2

893: Testosterone 1 h 01 min · Ira Glass, Griffin Hansberry, Miriam Toews · Jul 26

892: Trapped on a Bus 1 h 01 min · Rosa Lister, David Kestenbaum, Leticia Lehmann · Jul 19

891: The Test Case 1 h 11 min · Zoe Chace, Ira Glass · Jul 12

890: Maximal Americanness 55 min · Ira Glass, Jiayang Fan, Aviva DeKornfeld · Jul 5

128: Four Corners 59 min · Achy Obejas, Sarah Vowell, Mike Paterniti · Jun 28

889: There’s Something About Hail Mary 1 h 04 min · Maurice Shema, Becky Hadid, Ira Glass · Jun 21

354: Mistakes Were Made 59 min · Bob Nelson, Ira Glass, Sam Shaw · Jun 14

888: Not Today, Hades! 59 min · Aikshrees Kanduraja, Nadia Raymond, Unknown · Jun 7

137: The Book That Changed Your Life 1 h 00 min · Ira Glass, Meghan Daum, David Sedaris · May 31

676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid 1 h 02 min · Gary Gulman, Eleanor Gordon Smith, Unknown · May 24

887: Two Is One, One Is None! 1 h 00 min · May 17

318: With Great Power 1 h 00 min · Ira Glass, Shalom Auslander, Alex Kotlowitz · May 10

886: Blackout 1 h 01 min · Pouya, Hannah Jaffe-Walt, Maru · May 3

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Charts

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#5 Society & Culture · United States

🇨🇦 #2 · 🇳🇿 #3 · 🇿🇦 #6 · 🇦🇺 #6 · 🇫🇮 #7 · 🇦🇷 #8 · 🇮🇳 #8 · 🇮🇩 #8 · 🇵🇭 #10 · 🇮🇪 #12 · +20 more

charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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4 episodes · last 30 days · avg 59 min

Sun 42Mon 7Fri 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show o...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-09-19, This American Life ranks #60 on the Spotify charts and #86 on Apple Podcasts in the United States, and appears on charts in 12 countries.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇺🇸 United States as of 2026-09-19

🇺🇸 United States #86 🇨🇦 Canada #100 🇳🇿 New Zealand #135 🇦🇺 Australia #157 🇫🇮 Finland #165 🇿🇦 South Africa #178 🇰🇷 South Korea #181 🇵🇭 Philippines #182 🇮🇳 India #184 🇮🇩 Indonesia #186 🇮🇪 Ireland #192 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #195 Society & Culture #5 Apple Society & Culture #6 Spotify Trending #119 Spotify

Chart records

First charted2025-02-07

Best ever#5 on Apple Podcasts (United States) · 2026-09-07

Days on chart541

Countries now12

CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

Reach & outreach

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