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 Mar 2025

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03/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:45:36

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. PRX (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	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
4	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
9	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
10	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
13	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	98	WideOrbit	68
14	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
20	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
21	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	440	Acast	53
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
24	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
28	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	166	Acast	69
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
33	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	451	RedCircle	59
35	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
36	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
37	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
38	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
39	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
40	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
41	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	192	Ximalaya	53
44	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
45	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
47	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
48	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	32
49	OUTLAWS: The Good Thief	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
50	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
52	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
53	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	121	BBC	38
54	The United States of Paranormal	theunitedstatesofparanormal	Society & Culture	181	Podbean	62
55	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
56	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
57	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
58	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1203	Acast	59
59	Dispatches from the Divide	BYUradio	Society & Culture	179	Unknown	83
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
62	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	69
63	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
64	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
65	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	53
67	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
68	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
69	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
70	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
71	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
72	OBSESSIONS: Wild Chocolate	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
73	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
74	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
75	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
76	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
77	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
78	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
79	Division Street Revisited	Mary Schmich	Society & Culture	9	PRX	63
80	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	BUZZKILL, presented by REAP/SOW	FERN	Society & Culture	29	PRX	73
83	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
84	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
85	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	48
86	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
87	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	575	Spreaker	74
88	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
89	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	275	Megaphone	32
90	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
91	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
94	In Trust	iHeartPodcasts and Bloomberg	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	59
95	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89
96	Chess Piece: The Elián González Story	My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	83
97	The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)	Foreign Policy magazine	Society & Culture	68	Megaphone	58
98	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
99	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	666	Acast	69
100	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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