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 Mar 2025

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03/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:47:10

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. BBC (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	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
10	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
13	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
14	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
15	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
16	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
19	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
20	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
21	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
24	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
25	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
28	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
29	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
33	OUTLAWS: The Good Thief	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
36	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
37	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
40	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
44	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
45	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
48	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	458	RedCircle	59
49	OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
50	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
51	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
52	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
53	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
54	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
55	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
60	The United States of Paranormal	theunitedstatesofparanormal	Society & Culture	181	Podbean	62
61	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
62	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
63	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
65	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
66	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
69	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
70	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
71	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
72	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
74	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
75	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
76	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
77	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	586	Spreaker	74
78	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
79	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
80	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
81	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
82	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
83	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
84	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
85	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
86	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
87	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
88	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
89	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
90	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
91	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
92	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
93	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
95	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
96	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
97	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
98	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
99	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
100	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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