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 Feb 2025

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02/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:47:16

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. pepe&chema (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (7 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	944	Simplecast	38
3	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
6	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
10	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
11	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
14	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	455	RedCircle	59
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	442	Acast	53
20	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
21	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
22	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
23	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
27	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
30	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
32	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
33	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
34	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
35	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
36	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
37	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
38	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
40	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
44	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
45	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
46	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
51	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
53	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
55	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
56	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
57	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
58	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
59	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
60	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
61	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
62	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	580	Spreaker	74
63	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
64	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
65	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
66	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
68	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
69	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
70	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
71	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	277	Megaphone	32
72	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
73	An Arm and a Leg	An Arm and a Leg	Society & Culture	172	Omny Studio	89
74	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
75	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
76	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
77	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
78	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
79	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
80	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
81	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
82	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
83	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	178	Unknown	83
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
85	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
86	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
87	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	673	Acast	69
88	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
89	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
90	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
91	The Blonde Fixer	Michelle Boxx	Society & Culture	3	Buzzsprout	79
92	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
93	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
94	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
95	Admissible: Shreds of Evidence	VPM & Story Mechanics	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	53
96	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
97	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
98	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
99	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
100	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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