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 2026

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04/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 201

Frequency: every 238 days

Duration: 00:48:53

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
9	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
13	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
18	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
20	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
21	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
23	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
24	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
25	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
28	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
31	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
32	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
38	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
39	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
40	Creatures of the Wind	Mae Nagusky	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	53
41	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
42	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
43	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
44	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
45	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
46	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
47	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
51	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
52	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
53	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
57	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
60	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
61	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
62	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
63	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
64	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
65	SMOGLANDIA	LA Times Studios, Patt Morrison	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	69
66	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
67	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
69	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
70	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
71	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
72	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
73	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
74	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
75	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
76	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
77	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
78	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
79	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
80	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
82	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
84	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
85	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
86	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
87	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
90	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
91	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
92	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	674	Acast	69
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
94	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
95	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
96	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
97	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	53
99	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
100	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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