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 Oct 2024

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10/03/2024

Average data

Episodes: 152

Frequency: every 254 days

Duration: 00:47:51

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
2	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
3	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
7	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
9	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
10	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
11	What Makes Us Stronger	Women For Women International	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	79
12	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
14	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
17	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
21	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
22	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
23	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
24	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
25	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
26	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
27	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	430	RedCircle	59
30	Lights On with Carl Lentz	B-Side	Society & Culture	26	Podbean	52
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
33	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
34	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
35	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
36	Spiraled	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	53
37	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
38	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
42	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
43	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
44	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
45	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
46	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	174	Unknown	83
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
50	Into the Mix	Ben & Jerry's and ABF Creative	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	59
51	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
52	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
53	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
54	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
55	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
56	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
57	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Cellblocks to Mountaintops	Society & Culture	27	PRX	59
58	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
59	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
60	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
61	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
62	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
63	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
64	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
65	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
66	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
69	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
70	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
71	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
72	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
73	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	567	Spreaker	74
74	Copper & Heat Radio	Copper & Heat	Society & Culture	70	Simplecast	63
75	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
76	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
77	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
78	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
79	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	648	Acast	69
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Shadow of Hope	Pleasant Run Productions	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
82	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
83	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
84	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
85	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	11	Substack	53
86	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	171	Omny Studio	89
87	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
88	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
89	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
90	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
91	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	60	Libsyn	42
92	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
93	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	550	Spreaker	60
94	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
96	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
97	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
98	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
99	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
100	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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