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 Mar 2025

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03/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:47:45

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (4 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (16 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (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	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
5	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
7	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
11	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
13	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
16	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
17	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
21	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
22	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
23	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
24	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
29	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
32	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
33	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
37	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
42	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
43	OUTLAWS: The Good Thief	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
44	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
46	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
47	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
48	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
49	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
50	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
54	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
57	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
59	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
60	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
61	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
62	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
63	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
64	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
65	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
66	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
67	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
68	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
70	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
71	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
74	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
75	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
76	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
77	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
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	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
80	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
81	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
82	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
83	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
84	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
85	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
86	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
87	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
88	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
89	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
90	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
91	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
92	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
93	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
94	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
95	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
96	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
97	The Last Soviet	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
98	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
99	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
100	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53

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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