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 Sep 2025

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09/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 198

Frequency: every 252 days

Duration: 00:48:47

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
7	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
8	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
12	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
13	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
14	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
16	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
19	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
20	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
22	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
23	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
25	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
27	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
28	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
29	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
33	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
34	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
37	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
38	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
40	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
41	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
42	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
43	Howl	Boise State Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	54
44	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
45	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
46	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
48	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
54	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
56	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
57	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
61	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
63	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
64	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
65	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
66	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
69	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
70	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
71	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
73	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
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
76	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
77	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
78	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
79	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
80	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
81	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
82	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
83	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
84	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
85	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
86	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
88	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
89	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
90	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
91	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
94	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
95	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
96	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
97	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
98	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
99	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
100	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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