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 Aug 2026

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08/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 182

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:46:32

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
5	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
6	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
7	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
8	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	189	Simplecast	58
9	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
10	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
11	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	259	WideOrbit	48
12	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
17	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
18	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
19	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
20	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
24	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
30	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
31	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
32	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
33	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
34	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
36	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
37	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
38	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
39	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
40	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
43	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
44	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
46	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
47	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
48	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
49	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
51	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
52	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
54	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
55	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
56	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
57	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	48
58	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
59	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
60	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
61	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
62	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
63	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
64	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
65	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
66	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
67	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
68	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
70	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
71	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	LANDED	American Farmland Trust	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	53
74	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
76	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
77	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
78	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
81	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
82	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
83	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
84	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
85	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
86	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
87	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
88	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
90	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
91	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
92	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
93	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
94	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
95	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	The Consciousness Cassettes	TTT Media	Society & Culture	14	ART19	62
97	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
98	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
99	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
100	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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