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 Apr 2025

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04/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 171

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:45:44

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. BBC (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	943	Simplecast	38
3	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
4	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
6	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
8	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
9	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
11	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
12	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
13	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
14	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
15	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
16	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
18	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
19	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
20	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
22	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	439	Acast	53
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
28	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
31	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
34	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
35	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	450	RedCircle	59
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
38	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
39	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
40	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
41	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
42	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
45	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
46	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
47	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
50	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
51	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
53	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
54	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
57	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
58	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
59	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
60	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
65	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
66	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
67	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
68	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	665	Acast	69
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
72	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
73	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
74	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
75	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
76	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
77	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
79	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
80	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
81	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
84	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
85	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
86	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
87	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
88	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
89	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
90	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
91	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
92	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	275	Megaphone	32
93	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
94	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
95	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
96	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
97	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
98	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
99	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
100	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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