🧠 Curated Collection
If SYSK made learning your hobby, these are the podcasts that belong alongside it — education and curiosity in their most entertaining form.
30 podcasts like stuff you should know podcasts — the big names

Aaron Mahnke

Roman Mars

Alie Ward

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

Pushkin Industries

TED

Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick / Dear Media

Astonishing Legends Productions

Audioboom Studios

NPR

Gimlet

Omnibus

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Money News Network

Sleepiest: Hypnosis for Sleep Podcast

REVOLT

CodeNewbie

Quint Tatro & Daniel Czulno, CFP® a passionate look at everything money from budgeting, savings, investing, stocks, bonds, debt. For those that enjoy Dave Ramsey, Jill On Money, Smart Money, BiggerPockets it’s worth a listen!, Bleav

The New Medium

iHeartPodcasts and AYR Media

Heather McDonald & Studio71

KUER

Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner

The Lever

The Moonlit Road, LLC

Mark Metry

The Atlantic

Jesse Michels

Chrissy Teigen

Connor Ratliff & James III
Every podcast on WhichPodcast is ranked using Listen Score — a global popularity metric based on listener data, episode frequency, and audience engagement across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. The shows above are drawn from the genres most relevant to this collection and sorted by their global listener ranking, so the top results reflect what millions of real listeners are choosing right now.
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Stuff You Should Know works because it combines genuine curiosity, solid research, and the natural chemistry between two longtime co-hosts. Each episode takes a single interesting topic and explores it comprehensively without ever being dry. The format has spawned many imitators — the best of which appear in our rankings above.
The good news is that SYSK has released over 1,500 episodes — there's probably content you haven't heard yet. When you do want something new, the shows above capture the same spirit: curious hosts, diverse topics, and genuine enthusiasm for learning.
Yes — the two-host conversational format pioneered by shows like SYSK is one of the most popular podcast formats. Several highly-rated educational podcasts follow the same template: two knowledgeable friends working through an interesting topic, explaining it to each other and to the audience.