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 Nov 2024

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11/02/2024

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:47:45

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. PRX (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
3	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
4	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
6	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
7	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
11	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
14	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
20	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
23	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
24	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
25	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
26	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
28	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	462	RedCircle	59
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
31	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
32	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
33	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
34	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
35	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
36	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
37	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
38	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
39	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
40	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
41	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
42	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
43	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
44	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
45	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
46	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
47	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
48	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
50	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
54	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
57	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
58	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
59	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
60	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
61	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
62	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	31	Triton Digital	58
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	The Dennis Postema Show	Dennis M. Postema	Society & Culture	26	RedCircle	63
66	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
67	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	588	Spreaker	74
68	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
69	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
70	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
71	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
72	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
73	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
74	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	32
75	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
76	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
77	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
78	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	59
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
81	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
82	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
83	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
84	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
85	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	569	Spreaker	60
86	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
87	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	356	Simplecast	78
89	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
90	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
91	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
92	The Courage Contagion	Joelle Benson	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	63
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
94	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
95	HOMELAND	HOMELAND	Society & Culture	10	PRX	79
96	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	68
97	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
98	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
99	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
100	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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