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 Feb 2025

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02/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 185

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:47:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (12 shows)

5. PRX (7 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	942	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
6	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
9	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
10	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
11	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
12	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
13	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
16	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
17	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
18	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
21	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
22	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
23	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
28	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	447	RedCircle	59
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	440	Megaphone	32
32	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
33	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
34	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
38	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	209	Megaphone	32
40	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
41	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
42	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
47	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
50	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
51	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
52	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
53	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
54	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	118	BBC	38
57	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
60	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
61	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
62	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
63	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
64	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
66	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
67	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
68	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	50	Omny Studio	48
69	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
70	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
71	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	274	Megaphone	32
73	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
74	Alabama Astronaut	Abe Partridge & Ferrill Gibbs	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	63
75	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
76	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
77	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
78	Little Devils	TRZ Media	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
79	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
80	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
81	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
84	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
85	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
86	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
87	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
88	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
89	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78
90	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
92	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
93	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
94	The Blonde Fixer	Michelle Boxx	Society & Culture	3	Buzzsprout	79
95	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	573	Spreaker	74
96	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
97	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
98	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
99	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
100	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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