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 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 192

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:47:20

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
11	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
14	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
15	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
19	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
20	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
21	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
22	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
23	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
28	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
39	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
40	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
41	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
42	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
45	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
46	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
47	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
49	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
52	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
55	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
56	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
57	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
58	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
61	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
64	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
65	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
66	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
68	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
69	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
70	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
71	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
72	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
73	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
74	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
75	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
76	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
77	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
78	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
81	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
82	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	63
83	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
84	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
85	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
86	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
87	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
88	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
89	Invisible Force: MRI Accident Investigations	CAIREreporting.org & Tobias Gilk	Society & Culture	16	ART19	83
90	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
91	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
92	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
93	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
94	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
95	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
96	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
97	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
98	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
99	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
100	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68

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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