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 Sep 2024

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09/02/2024

Average data

Episodes: 154

Frequency: every 258 days

Duration: 00:47:24

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Wondery (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Acast (12 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
3	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
10	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
12	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
13	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
14	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
15	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
16	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
17	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
18	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
19	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
20	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
21	Violence Week	Emily Reeves & The Silver Podcast Network	Society & Culture	6	RedCircle	63
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
23	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
24	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
25	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
26	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
27	Blind Landing	Ari Saperstein	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	79
28	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
31	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
32	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
33	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
35	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
36	Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	58
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
42	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
43	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
44	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
45	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
49	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
50	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
52	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
53	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
54	The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome	Brazen	Society & Culture	21	PRX	79
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
56	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
58	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
59	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
61	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
63	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
64	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
65	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
66	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
67	If This Hall Could Talk	WQXR, Carnegie Hall	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	69
68	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
69	Elon Musk Thinking	Astronaut Man	News	197	Spreaker	43
70	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
71	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
72	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
73	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
74	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
75	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
76	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
77	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
78	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
79	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
80	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
81	Biography Flash: Andrew Huberman (unofficial)	Inception Point Ai	Leisure	64	Spreaker	59
82	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
83	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
84	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
85	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
86	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
87	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	479	Omny Studio	68
88	Eerie Travels	Mark Muncy and Erika Lance	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	53
89	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
90	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
91	Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People	Guy Kawasaki	Society & Culture	269	Simplecast	63
92	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
93	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
94	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
95	Catastrophic Failure	Times Union	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	64
96	When We Were Wizards	Traction Media	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
97	Chicano Squad	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
98	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
99	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
100	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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