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 04 Jan 2025

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01/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 210

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:48:23

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Acast (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1016	Simplecast	38
3	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	108	PRX	74
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	11	ART19	63
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	104	BBC	53
8	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	502	Megaphone	63
9	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
11	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
12	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
13	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
14	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
15	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
17	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
20	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
21	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	19	ART19	63
22	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	266	Acast	69
24	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
26	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
28	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
29	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	235	PRX	79
31	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	158	Acast	73
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	234	Acast	79
36	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
39	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
40	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	453	Acast	53
41	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
42	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
46	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
47	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	985	Megaphone	52
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
53	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	42
55	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
56	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
57	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
58	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	17	Megaphone	59
59	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
60	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
62	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
63	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	377	Megaphone	43
65	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
66	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
67	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
68	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
69	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	831	Megaphone	53
70	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
72	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
73	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
74	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
75	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
76	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
77	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
78	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
79	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1107	Acast	69
80	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
81	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	44	BBC	58
84	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
85	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
87	Intersections	A Human Atlas	Society & Culture	22	Libsyn	73
88	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
89	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
90	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	582	Spreaker	74
91	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
92	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
93	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
95	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
96	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
97	Generation Indoctrination: Inside the Transgender Battle	The Christian Post	Society & Culture	39	Transistor	83
98	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
99	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
100	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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