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 déc. 2025

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12/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 213

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:48:41

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. Creepy Shit (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. PRX (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
10	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
12	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
13	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
16	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
17	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
18	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
19	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
20	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
25	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
32	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
37	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
38	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
44	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
45	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
46	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
50	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
51	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
52	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
53	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
54	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
55	Unclaimed	Ancestry	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	69
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
58	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
59	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
60	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
61	Rebel on Main	David Swartz	Society & Culture	9	Podbean	48
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
63	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
67	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
68	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
69	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
72	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
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
74	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
76	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
77	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
78	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
79	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
80	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
81	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
82	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
83	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
84	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
85	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
86	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
87	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
88	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
89	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
90	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
91	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
92	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
93	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
95	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
97	Are You Even a MILSPO?	Are You Even a MILSPO?	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
99	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
100	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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