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 2026

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03/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 202

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. KUOW News and Information (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Omny Studio (17 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
9	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
10	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
15	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
17	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
18	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
19	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
20	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
21	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
24	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
27	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
31	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
32	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
33	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
34	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
35	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
36	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
37	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
38	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
40	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
45	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
46	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment	Voxtopica & Liberty Vittert	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
49	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	32
51	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	704	Omny Studio	53
52	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
54	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
55	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
56	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	32
57	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
58	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
60	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
61	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
63	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
65	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
66	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
70	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	565	Spreaker	74
71	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	525	Spreaker	43
72	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
73	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	73
74	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
75	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
76	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
77	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
78	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
79	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
80	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	59
81	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
82	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
84	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
85	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
86	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	94	WideOrbit	68
87	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
88	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	494	RedCircle	43
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
90	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
91	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
92	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
93	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
94	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
95	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
98	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
99	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
100	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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