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 02 Apr 2026

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04/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:48:54

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
8	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
9	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
12	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
18	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
19	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
23	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
25	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
26	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
27	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
28	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
33	Creatures of the Wind	Mae Nagusky	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	53
34	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
35	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
39	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
40	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
42	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
43	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
44	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
45	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
46	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
49	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
50	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
51	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
52	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
53	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
54	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
55	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
56	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
57	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
59	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
64	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
65	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
67	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
68	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
71	SMOGLANDIA	LA Times Studios, Patt Morrison	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	69
72	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
73	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
75	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
76	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
77	Strangeology	Strangeology Podcast	Society & Culture	100	Spreaker	59
78	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
79	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
81	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
82	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
83	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
84	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
85	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
86	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
87	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
88	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
90	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
91	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
93	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
94	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
96	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
97	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
98	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
99	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
100	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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