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 05 janv. 2025

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01/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:48:37

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (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	937	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
5	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
7	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
11	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
12	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
13	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
14	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
15	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
16	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
20	Generation Barney	Connecticut Public	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	74
21	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
26	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
27	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
28	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
29	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
33	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
34	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
37	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
38	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
39	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
40	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
43	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
46	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
47	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
48	Backed Up	Cincinnati Public Radio / 91.7 WVXU	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
51	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
52	Order 9066	APM Reports & The Smithsonian	Society & Culture	14	American Public Media	63
53	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
54	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
55	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
56	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
57	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
58	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
59	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
60	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
61	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	32
62	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
63	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
65	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
66	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
67	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
68	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
69	Top of Mind with Julie Rose	BYUradio	Education	143	Unknown	78
70	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
71	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
73	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
74	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
75	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
76	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
77	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
78	Intersections	A Human Atlas	Society & Culture	22	Libsyn	73
79	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
80	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
81	NATAL	You Had Me at Black, The Woodshaw	Society & Culture	38	Simplecast	63
82	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
83	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
84	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
85	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
86	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
87	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
88	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
89	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	170	Omny Studio	89
91	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
95	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
96	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
97	Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman	Envision Podcast Productions	Society & Culture	310	RedCircle	68
98	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
99	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
100	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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