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 Jul 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 185

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:45:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (18 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
5	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
7	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
8	La Voz de la Generación Irrompible	Yhon Angel	Society & Culture	120	Spotify for Podcasters	32
9	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
11	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
12	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
17	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
19	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
20	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
21	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
24	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
25	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
26	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	488	Omny Studio	68
27	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
28	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
29	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
30	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
35	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
36	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
37	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
38	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
39	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
40	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
41	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	21	Captivate	73
46	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
47	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
48	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway Details temporarily unavailable	Sky News	Society & Culture	10	Captivate	42
49	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
52	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
53	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
54	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
55	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	94	WideOrbit	68
56	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
57	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
58	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
59	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
60	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
61	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
62	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
63	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
64	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
65	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
66	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
67	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
68	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
69	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
70	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	32
73	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
74	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
75	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
76	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
77	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
78	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
79	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	704	Omny Studio	53
80	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
81	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
82	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
83	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
84	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
85	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
86	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
87	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
88	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
89	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	137	N/A	N/A
90	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
91	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	161	Omny Studio	69
92	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
93	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
94	I Serve	Foreign Policy	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	63
95	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	644	Acast	69
96	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
97	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
98	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
99	Real Unexplained Stories	Real Unexplained Stories	Society & Culture	16	Buzzsprout	73
100	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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