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 03 Feb 2026

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02/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 208

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:46:18

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
6	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
7	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
9	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
10	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
11	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
12	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
14	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
15	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
16	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
18	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
20	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
23	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
24	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
25	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
32	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
37	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
38	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
39	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
40	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
41	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
42	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
43	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
44	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
46	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
47	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
48	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
49	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
50	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
53	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
54	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
56	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
59	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
61	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
62	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
63	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
64	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
65	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
66	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
69	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
70	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
71	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
74	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
75	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
76	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
77	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
78	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
79	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
80	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
81	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
82	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
83	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
84	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
85	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
86	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
87	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
88	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
89	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
90	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
91	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
92	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
93	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
94	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
95	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
96	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
97	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
98	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
100	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68

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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