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 Mar 2026

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03/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:46:40

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. KUOW News and Information (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
7	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
9	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
12	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
15	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
16	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
18	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
21	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
24	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
25	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
26	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
27	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
32	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
33	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
36	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
37	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
40	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
41	Amended! Liberty's Guide to the First Amendment	Voxtopica & Liberty Vittert	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
42	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
43	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
44	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
45	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
46	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
47	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
50	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
51	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
53	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
56	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
57	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
58	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
59	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
60	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
61	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
62	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
63	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
64	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
65	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
66	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
69	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
70	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
73	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
74	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
77	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
78	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
79	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
80	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
81	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
82	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
83	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
86	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
87	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
88	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
89	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
90	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	583	Spreaker	74
91	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
92	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
93	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
94	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
95	Reasons We Serve: Police Careers & Officer Experience	Reasons We Serve	Society & Culture	218	Spreaker	59
96	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
97	Heroes Behind Headlines	Heroes Behind Headlines	Society & Culture	199	Buzzsprout	58
98	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
99	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
100	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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