Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 208

Frequency: every 251 days

Duration: 00:47:43

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
9	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
18	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
19	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
20	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
21	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
22	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
26	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
27	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
31	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
32	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
36	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
38	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
39	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
42	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
43	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
46	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
47	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
48	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
50	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
51	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
55	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
56	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
60	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
61	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
62	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
63	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
64	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
68	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
71	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
72	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
73	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
74	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
76	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
77	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
78	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
80	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
81	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
83	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
84	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
85	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
86	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
87	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
88	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
89	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
90	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
91	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
93	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
94	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
95	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
96	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
97	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Unclaimed	Ancestry	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	69
99	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night	Will Soto	Society & Culture	288	Megaphone	72

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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