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 Aug 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:45:58

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. BBC (6 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
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	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
11	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
12	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	259	WideOrbit	48
13	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
14	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
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	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
19	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
22	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
23	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
24	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
25	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
26	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
28	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
29	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
30	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
31	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
32	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
34	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
36	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
37	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
40	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
41	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
42	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
43	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
44	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
46	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
47	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
48	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
51	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
52	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
53	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
54	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
55	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
58	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	481	Omny Studio	68
59	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
61	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
62	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
64	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
65	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	48
66	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
67	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
68	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
72	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
75	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
76	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
77	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
78	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
79	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
80	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	19	Captivate	73
81	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
82	HABITUAL	Colorado Radio for Justice	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	69
83	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
84	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
85	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
86	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
87	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
88	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
89	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
90	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
91	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
92	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
93	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
94	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
95	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	158	Omny Studio	69
96	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
97	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
98	LANDED	American Farmland Trust	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	53
99	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
100	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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