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 Jan 2026

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01/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 218

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:48:02

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

3. Audible Original (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. PRX (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
5	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
11	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
12	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
13	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
16	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
17	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
20	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
22	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
24	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
28	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
29	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
31	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
32	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
33	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
35	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
36	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
37	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	12	Libsyn	62
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
40	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
41	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
42	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
43	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
44	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
47	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
52	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
53	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
55	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	712	Omny Studio	53
56	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
57	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
60	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
61	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
62	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
65	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
66	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
67	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
68	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
69	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
70	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
71	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
72	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
73	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
74	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
76	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
77	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
78	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
79	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
80	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
81	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
82	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
83	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
84	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
85	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
86	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
87	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
88	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
89	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
90	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
91	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
93	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
94	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
95	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
96	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
97	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
98	The Broken Truth \| History Podcast	Garrett Greene	Society & Culture	54	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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