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Top Podcasts for Young Adult in 2026

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Built for young adult, this list highlights 39 podcasts covering the stories, tools, and conversations that matter most to this audience. Top picks include Stuff You Should Know, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, and Behind the Bastards.

  1. Stuff You Should Know
    Stuff You Should Know
    If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look n...
    Content:
    ComedyCreative AttentionCultureEducationElder Care
    +27
    Audience:
    Christian WomenCollege StudentsCreative EntrepreneursCreatorsEngineersYoung Adult
    +12
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasEmotional WellnessGetting Expert InsightsImproving HealthLearning English
    +5
    Style:
    DocumentaryEducationalInterviewInvestigativeQ And A
    When:
    At The GymAt WorkBackground NoiseCommutingDoing Chores
    +4
  2. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
    On Purpose with Jay Shetty
    Jay Shetty hosts some of culture’s most influential voices in wellness and personal growth, helping you feel healthier, happier and more healed.
    Content:
    BusinessDaily MotivationalGrief And LossHealth & FitnessHolistic Wellness
    +37
    Audience:
    Aspiring EntrepreneursCollege StudentsCreatorsEmpty NestersFirst Time ParentsYoung Adult
    +8
    Goal:
    Building A BusinessDiscovering New IdeasEmotional RegulationEmotional ResilienceEmotional Wellness
    +12
    Style:
    In-Depth InterviewsInterviewQ And A
    When:
    At The GymAt WorkCommutingFocused LearningLong Drive
    +1
  3. Behind the Bastards
    Behind the Bastards
    There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and g...
    Content:
    Authoritarian RegimesBizarre HistoryCultureDark HistoryEducation
    +3
    Audience:
    History BuffsStudentsYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Learning New SkillsUnwinding And Laughing
    Style:
    EducationalSolo Commentary
    When:
    Doing ChoresFocused LearningLong Drive
  4. The Moth
    The Moth
    On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Po...
    Content:
    ArtsBarroom StoriesComedyCultureEducation
    +25
    Audience:
    FreelancersNight Shift WorkersOlder WorkersRemote WorkersRetireesYoung Adult
    +1
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasEmotional RegulationEmotional ResilienceEmotional WellnessFollowing A Story
    +3
    Style:
    DocumentaryNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    At The GymAt WorkBackground NoiseBefore BedCommuting
    +4
  5. Unexplainable
    Unexplainable
    Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld...
    Content:
    Consciousness ExplorationEducationGhost StoriesScienceUnexplained Phenomena
    +1
    Audience:
    CreatorsStudentsYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasGetting Expert Insights
    Style:
    Educational
    When:
    At WorkCommutingFocused LearningQuick ListenWeekend Deep Dive
  6. Hard Fork
    Hard Fork
    “Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the lates...
    Content:
    Ai Content CreationAi GovernanceAi LeadershipAi ToolsArtificial Intelligence
    +12
    Audience:
    CEOsDevelopersEngineersMarketersYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Ai Career SurvivalGetting Expert InsightsStaying Informed
    Style:
    News Briefing
    When:
    CommutingWeekend Deep Dive
  7. anything goes with emma chamberlain
    anything goes with emma chamberlain
    emma prefers to share her thoughts with a microphone rather than a physical human being, so thank god she has a podcast. recorded from the comfort ...
    Content:
    CultureEntertainmentLife In Your 20SScienceSelf Improvement
    +3
    Audience:
    College StudentsGen ZYoung AdultsYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Emotional Resilience
    Style:
    Q And ASolo Commentary
    When:
    Doing ChoresFocused LearningQuick Listen
  8. Dear Hank & John
    Dear Hank & John
    Hosts John and Hank Green (authors and YouTubers) offer both humorous and heartfelt advice about life’s big and small questions. They bring their p...
    Content:
    ComedyImprov ComedyLife AdviceMental Health
    Audience:
    College StudentsStudentsYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Overcoming AnxietyPodcast MonetizationUnwinding And Laughing
    Style:
    Q And A
    When:
    At WorkBackground NoiseDoing Chores
  9. Search Engine
    Search Engine
    We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small.Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamane...
    Content:
    Consumer TechCultureEducationTechnology
    Audience:
    EngineersYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Discovering New Ideas
    Style:
    Q And A
    When:
    At WorkCommutingDoing ChoresFocused LearningLong Drive
  10. Endless Thread
    Endless Thread
    Untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL. Hosted by Ben Brock Johnson & Amory Sivertson.
    Content:
    Digital CultureIndustrial Tech SectorInternet AestheticsLinkedin MarketingPsychedelics
    +8
    Audience:
    True Crime FansYoung Adult
  11. Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
    Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
    We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join...
    Content:
    BusinessCapitalism CritiqueEconomic InequalityPolitical EconomyPolitics
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Goal:
    Getting Expert Insights
  12. Adulting With Joyce Pring
    Adulting With Joyce Pring
    The How-To's of your 20's, by a 20-something, traversing through life expectantly, and with gusto!
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  13. Today Explained
    Today Explained
    Breaking down the latest in politics, tech, and culture with a heavy dose of facts and the most important news. We go beyond the headlines to provi...
    Content:
    News
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Goal:
    Staying Informed
    Style:
    News Briefing
    When:
    CommutingQuick Listen
  14. This Teenage Life
    This Teenage Life
    This Teenage Life is a podcast made by teens about their ideas, stories, and unique perspectives in the middle of their own growth as humans. Pleas...
    Audience:
    College StudentsStudentsYoung Adult
    Goal:
    Post Traumatic Growth
  15. The Climate Pod
    The Climate Pod
    The Climate Pod is a wide-ranging conversation with leading experts on the politics, economics, activism, culture, science, and social justice issu...
    Content:
    Climate ChangeClimate EducationScienceSustainable Living
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  16. Lost Debate
    Lost Debate
    Lost Debate is a weekly podcast from The Branch that brings you news, ideas, and arguments from around the political spectrum. We engage in the goo...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Style:
    Debate
  17. Goosebuds
    Goosebuds
    Stories That Stick is a podcast where your host Chad Quandt (writer on Avatar Seven Havens, Star Trek Prodigy, Trollhunters) invites guests on to t...
    Content:
    YA Books
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  18. Black Girl Flow Podcast
    Black Girl Flow Podcast
    Black Girl Flow provides a space for the twenty-something-year-old’s that still hasn’t figured out this whole “adulting” thing. Having met in Colle...
    Content:
    Life In Your 20S
    Audience:
    Black WomenYoung AdultsYoung Adult
  19. Notyourdiary Podcast
    Notyourdiary Podcast
    Notyourdiary is a podcast of a young adult that actually has no other outlet for some of the thoughts,and or,real life experiences.These should pro...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Style:
    Solo Commentary
  20. Off The Book Podcast
    Off The Book Podcast
    Maddie and Beth discuss all things YA/NA/Adult fiction. They are completely unqualified for the position but at least they're having fun.
    Content:
    YA Books
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  21. YA, We Read It!
    YA, We Read It!
    Friendship, adventure, first kisses, first fights, and sometimes supernatural: Young Adult novels are a treasure given to us by authors around the ...
    Content:
    YA Books
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  22. A Twenty Somethings Survival Guide: Surviving and Thriving in your 20s
    A Twenty Somethings Survival Guide: Surviving and Thriving in your 20s
    This 20 something podcast helps you learn to survive and thrive in your twenties. Join me, Darian (and amazing guests!), as we spill the tea on our...
    Content:
    Life In Your 20S
    Audience:
    Recent GraduatesYoung Adult
  23. Bitches Get Riches
    Bitches Get Riches
    Finance. Feminism. No fucks given. Piggy and Kitty are the reclusive geniuses behind the popular blog Bitches Get Riches. They're teaching young pe...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Goal:
    Learning New Skills
  24. InvisiYouth Chat Sessions
    InvisiYouth Chat Sessions
    Check in for a dose of stigma-break, humor-filling, empowerment building life hacks and motivation for all the “medically-adult-ish” young people. ...
    Content:
    Youth Empowerment
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  25. Forever Young Adult Podcast
    Forever Young Adult Podcast
    An Irish YA book review podcast! Aífe and Ciara are two young-ish adults who read and discuss Young Adult fiction, Emerging Adult fiction, Coming o...
    Content:
    YA Books
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  26. Let's Ride w/ Paul Estrada
    Let's Ride w/ Paul Estrada
    Who else is trying to figure $hit out?Welcome to Lets Ride w/ Paul Estrada – the podcast where a dad tackles the big questions of life, career, and...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  27. The Mayo Lab Podcast
    The Mayo Lab Podcast
    On The Mayo Lab Podcast, we tackle tough yet necessary discussions about mental health and substance misuse among American children, teens and youn...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  28. The Modern Young Adult
    The Modern Young Adult
    It’s so easy to feel lost in our the world today. But it doesn’t have to be this way! You CAN break through the noise of what everyone is telling y...
    Content:
    Youth Empowerment
    Audience:
    Young AdultsYoung Adult
  29. We Are YA
    We Are YA
    You've heard from young adult authors on social, now hear what they really have to say! Join Penguin Teen staffers for conversations with the diver...
    Content:
    YA Books
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  30. Tackle Thursday With JK
    Tackle Thursday With JK
    The Tackle Thursday With JK Podcast is a Self-Help Podcast for young adults who are working to establish and solidify a foundation in areas of thei...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  31. My Twenty Somethings Podcast
    My Twenty Somethings Podcast
    Sit down with best friends Jenna & Sophie for a candid, authentic, no-bs talk about all the things that make your twenties the craziest years o...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  32. Young and Getting Wiser
    Young and Getting Wiser
    Welcome to Young and Getting Wiser, a podcast of candid conversations surrounding self discovery, self confidence, and self growth. We’re all tryin...
    Content:
    Youth Empowerment
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  33. the teenage therapy
    the teenage therapy
    story time with me! basically my therapy and yours. i wanted something where can i express my feelings, thoughts, opinion on the world, and share s...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
    Goal:
    Youth Motivation
  34. Twenty Somethings
    Twenty Somethings
    Welcome to "Twenty Somethings" - a simultaneously silly and serious weekly show that dissects this crazy world through ridiculous headlines, unpopu...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  35. This is Your 20s
    This is Your 20s
    The Wellbeing Podcast for Young Go-Getters ✨ Radically honest convos about mental, physical and spiritual health for 20-somethings ✨
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  36. How to Survive College: Declassified
    How to Survive College: Declassified
    College is hard, but it’s not as daunting as it seems. How to Survive College: Declassified breaks down some of the hot-button topics and concerns ...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  37. The VIA Podcast
    The VIA Podcast
    We are a Seattle based video production studio that loves good food, exploring the world around us, and using creativity and problem solving to cre...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  38. Rise and Thrive: For the 20-Somethings
    Rise and Thrive: For the 20-Somethings
    Navigating adulthood is hard. Growing up is hard. Being a woman in today's society? HARD. As a twenty-something learning how to be the best version...
    Audience:
    Young Adult
  39. The Boundless Show
    The Boundless Show
    Life is challenging for Christian singles. How do you balance work and personal life? How do you own your faith? How can you date with a purpose? A...
    Content:
    Christian LivingFaith Based RelationshipsRelationship CommunicationYoung Adult Faith
    Audience:
    Christian SinglesChristian TeensChristiansYoung Adult