The Week's Movers: Storytelling Podcasts Lead a Broad Climb
trend radar from the socialgood index, 2026-09-13.
trend-radar · 2026-09-13 · 3 numbers checked against the index
This week's climbers span arts, leisure, trending, education, music, fiction, sports, business, technology, comedy, science, and history — every entry moving up.
The list
1. arts — The Moth (The Moth) — UP 2. leisure — SoundEffectPodcast (Mr.Sound) — UP 3. trending — The Team House (dee takos) — UP 3. leisure — SSSniperWolf (SSSniperWolf) — UP 4. trending — Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley (Ryan Hanley) — UP 4. education — You Choose with Billy Garton Jr. (Billy Garton Jr.) — UP 4. music — The Joe Budden Podcast (The Joe Budden Network) — UP 5. fiction — Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep (Dr. NoSleep Studios) — UP 6. education — Motivation Daily by Motiversity (Motiversity) — UP 7. arts — The Magnus Archives (Rusty Quill) — UP 7. fiction — Legends of Avantris (Avantris Entertainment) — UP 7. music — BBM 2F (Thickums Johnson) — UP 8. music — 𐙚 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤's (𝙉𝙎𝙁𝙒) (ᯓ★ 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙠) — UP 8. sports — FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast (iHeartPodcasts) — UP 9. business — Build or Break (Daniel Lubetzky) — UP 9. fiction — INSOMNIO (Fepo) — UP 9. technology — I've Got Questions with Sinead Bovell (Sinead Bovell) — UP 10. comedy — The Toast (Dear Media) — UP 10. science — The Rest Is Science (Goalhanger) — UP 10. technology — Search Engine (PJ Vogt) — UP 11. history — Short History Of... (NOISER) — UP 11. music — One Song (One Song) — UP 11. sports — Josh Pate's College Football Show (iHeartPodcasts) — UP 11. technology — TBPN (John Coogan & Jordi Hays) — UP 12. leisure — PrestonPlayz (PrestonPlayz) — UP
The format behind the top climb
At rank 1, The Moth (arts, published by The Moth) sits at the top of this week's list. The format is the live-storytelling show: real people, unscripted, telling true stories on a stage, recorded and released as a podcast. No production layer beyond a single voice and a room — the format itself is the draw, not effects or editing.