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 May 2025

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05/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 194

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:47:33

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (6 shows)

2. Wavland (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. pepe&chema (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. ART19 (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	1005	Simplecast	38
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
5	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
6	Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast	Unincarcerated Productions	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	51
7	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
11	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
12	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
13	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
16	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
18	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
19	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
20	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
21	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
24	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
26	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
27	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
32	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
33	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
34	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
35	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
36	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Inheriting	NPR	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	89
42	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
43	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
46	The Youth Development Center	NHPR	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	58
47	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
49	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
50	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
51	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
52	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
56	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
58	Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and Culture	Laura Flanders, Curious Communications	Society & Culture	846	Simplecast	63
59	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
60	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
61	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
62	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
64	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
65	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
66	The Legend of SwordQuest	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	53
67	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
68	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	32
69	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
70	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
71	On Our Watch	KQED	Society & Culture	28	Megaphone	59
72	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
73	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
74	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
75	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
76	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
77	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
79	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
80	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
81	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
82	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
83	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
84	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
85	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
86	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
87	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
88	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
89	To See Each Other	To See Each Other	Society & Culture	15	ART19	79
90	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
91	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
93	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
94	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
95	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	63
96	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
97	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
98	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
99	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
100	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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