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 May 2025

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05/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:48:25

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. BBC World Service (2 shows)

3. audiochuck (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 (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
6	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
18	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
19	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
20	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
24	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
25	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
31	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
32	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
33	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
39	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
40	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
41	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
42	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
43	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
44	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
46	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
47	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
57	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
58	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
59	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
60	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
63	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
64	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
65	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
66	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
67	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
68	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
69	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
70	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
73	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
76	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
77	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
78	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
79	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
80	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
81	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
82	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
83	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
84	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
85	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
86	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
87	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
88	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
89	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
90	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
91	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
92	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
93	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
94	Penny Royal	Nathan Isaac	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	58
95	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
96	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
97	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
98	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
99	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
100	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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