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 déc. 2025

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12/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 242

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:48:31

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. pepe&chema (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. Marfa Public Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Spreaker (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
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	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
10	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
11	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
12	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
14	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
15	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
16	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
17	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
18	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
19	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
20	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
21	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
25	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	7	Libsyn	58
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
29	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
30	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
34	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
35	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
37	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
38	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
39	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
40	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
41	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1188	Acast	59
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
46	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
49	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
50	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
51	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
54	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
55	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
56	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
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
59	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	697	Megaphone	53
60	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
61	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
62	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
63	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	555	Spreaker	74
64	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
67	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
68	Into America	MSNBC, Trymaine Lee	Society & Culture	253	Simplecast	63
69	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
70	Unclaimed	Ancestry	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	69
71	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
72	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
73	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
74	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
76	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
77	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
78	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	491	RedCircle	43
79	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
80	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
81	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
82	Rebel on Main	David Swartz	Society & Culture	9	Podbean	48
83	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
84	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
85	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
86	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
87	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
88	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
89	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
90	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	83	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
92	Relatos del lado oscuro	José Ramón Cantalapiedra	Religion & Spirituality	542	Spreaker	60
93	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
94	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	53
95	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
96	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
98	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
99	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
100	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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