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 Jun 2025

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06/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 170

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:48:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
7	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
11	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
12	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
13	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
14	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
18	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
19	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
20	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
21	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
22	White Men Can't Work!	Tim Samuels	Society & Culture	6	Acast	74
23	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
24	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
27	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
30	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
37	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
45	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
46	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
47	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
48	The Jack Hopkins Show Podcast	Jack Hopkins	Society & Culture	60	Buzzsprout	37
49	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
50	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
52	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
53	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
55	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
56	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
57	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
58	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
59	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
60	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
61	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
62	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
63	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
64	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
65	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
67	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
68	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
70	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
71	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
72	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
73	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
74	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
75	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
76	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
77	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
78	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
79	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
80	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
81	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
82	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
83	Happiest Retirees	Ryan Doolittle	Society & Culture	41	Megaphone	64
84	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
85	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
86	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
87	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
88	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
89	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
90	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
91	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
92	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
93	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
95	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
96	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
97	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
98	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
99	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
100	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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