This American Life

podcast

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 ...

#6 US · Society & Culture 114 recordings 66 h 2001 → today Occasional updated 5 days ago
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Ira (Reluctantly) Gives a Graduation Speech 8 min · Ira Glass, Unknown · May 1
466: Blackjack 1 h 03 min · Andy Bloch, Sarah Koenig, Jack Hitt · Apr 26
393: Infidelity 58 min · Dani Shapiro, James Brawley, Ira Glass · Apr 19
885: Bless This Mess 1 h 00 min · Nicole Hill, Emanuele Berry, Jason Reynolds · Apr 12
212: The Other Man 1 h 01 min · Apr 5
884: The Idiot 58 min · Mar 29
883: Call Your Parents 59 min · Ira Glass, Shirley Glass, Unknown · Mar 22
628: In the Shadow of the City 56 min · Ira Glass, Brett Martin, Alex Zharov · Mar 15
882: Give a Little Whistle 1 h 00 min · Ryan Schwenk, O (the declarant from the court transcript), Judge Blackwell · Mar 8
208: Office Politics 59 min · Mar 1
881: I Want What I Want 59 min · John Tothill, Unknown, Ira Glass · Feb 22
605: Kid Logic 1 h 01 min · Ira Glass, Rebecca, Howie Chackowicz · Feb 15
75: Kindness of Strangers 59 min · Feb 8
880: What Is Your Emergency? 57 min · Feb 1
879: A Christian and a Muslim Walk Into a Bar 59 min · Sharif Homsi, Maliki Mardinalli, Eamon O'Connor · Jan 18
The Americans Outside My Window 19 min · Teresa, Ira Glass, Nancy Updike · Jan 12
878: New Lore Drop 59 min · Ben Austen, Ira Glass, Aviva DeKornfeld · Jan 11
New Lore Drop 59 min · Jan 9
801: Must Be Rats on the Brain Dec 28, 2025
Christmas and Commerce Dec 24, 2025
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Charts

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#6 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 #59 on the Spotify charts and #96 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

🇨🇦 Canada #87 🇺🇸 United States #96 🇳🇿 New Zealand #123 🇮🇩 Indonesia #127 🇦🇺 Australia #147 🇰🇷 South Korea #162 🇫🇮 Finland #165 🇿🇦 South Africa #178 🇵🇭 Philippines #182 🇮🇳 India #184 🇮🇪 Ireland #192 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #195 Society & Culture #7 Apple Society & Culture #6 Spotify Trending #109 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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