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 Apr 2026

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04/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 199

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:47:05

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

3. BBC World Service (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (16 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
2	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
12	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
20	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
21	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
22	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
23	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
25	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
28	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
29	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
32	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
33	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
34	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
35	Creatures of the Wind	Mae Nagusky	Society & Culture	28	Buzzsprout	53
36	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
40	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
41	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
42	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
43	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
44	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
45	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
46	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
48	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
49	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
52	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
53	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
54	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
55	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
56	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
57	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
58	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
59	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
60	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
61	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
62	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
63	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
64	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
65	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
66	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
67	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
68	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
69	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
72	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
73	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
74	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
75	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
76	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
77	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
78	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
79	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
80	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
81	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
82	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
83	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
84	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
85	Strangeology	Strangeology Podcast	Society & Culture	100	Spreaker	59
86	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
88	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
89	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
90	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
94	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
95	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
96	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
97	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
98	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
99	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
100	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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